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Table 2 Obstetric related characteristics of respondents among women who gave birth within the last one year in rural Gozamen district, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 600)

From: Antenatal care follow-up decreases the likelihood of cultural malpractice during childbirth and postpartum among women who gave birth in the last one-year in Gozamen district, Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

Obstetrics variables

Frequency

Percent

Parity

  Parity 1

138

23.0

  Parity 2-4

297

49.5

  Parity=>5

165

27.5

ANC Visit

  Yes

525

87.5

  No

75

12.5

Number of ANC follow up (n = 525)

  

  One

98

18.67

  Two

136

25.9

  Three and above

291

55.43

Place of delivery

  Home

203

33.9

  Health facility

397

66.1

If at home, delivery assistance was (n = 203)

  Traditional birth attendants

73

35.96

  Family member

84

41.38

  Neighbor

46

22.66

An instrument used to cut the cord (n = 203)

  New blade

179

88.17

  Unclean blade used before

13

6.4

  Boiled blade used before

11

5.43

Umbilical cord tied

  Yes

156

76.85

  No

47

23.15

  1. Key: ANC Antenatal care