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Table 2 Maternal health care related characteristics in the rural population of northwest Ethiopia, 2014

From: Correlates of early neonatal feeding practice in Dabat HDSS site, northwest Ethiopia

Variables

Frequency

Percent

Antenatal care (n = 6389)

 Yes

4,355

64.4

 No

2,034

35.6

Before pregnancy use of family planning (n = 6761)

 Short term family planning methods

3,367

49.8

 Long term family planning methods

194

3.4

 No

3,200

46.8

Current use of family planning (n = 6389)

 Yes

2,005

31.4

 No

4,384

68.6

Alcohol consumption (n = 6761)

 Never

406

6

 Sometimes

6,225

92.1

 Often

130

1.9

Chronic diseasea (n = 6761)

 Yesa

123

1.8

 No

6,638

98.2

  1. aDiabetes mellitus, Hypertension, Asthma, Heart diseases and Cancer