Table 3 Obstetric factors of mothers attending maternal and child health clinics of the public health centers Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 511)
From: Postpartum depression and associated factors among mothers in Bahir Dar Town, Northwest Ethiopia
Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of pregnancies | 1 | 331 | 64.8 |
2–3 | 169 | 33.1 | |
> 4 | 11 | 2.2 | |
Hospitalization of a baby | Yes | 133 | 26 |
No | 378 | 74 | |
Death of a child | Yes | 11 | 2.2 |
No | 500 | 97.8 | |
Mode of delivery | Vaginally | 370 | 72.4 |
C/section | 88 | 17.2 | |
Instrumental | 53 | 10.4 | |
Planned pregnancy | Yes | 422 | 82.6 |
No | 89 | 17.4 | |
Sex of the last child | Male | 185 | 36.2 |
Female | 326 | 63.8 | |
Desired sex for the last child | Yes | 486 | 95.1 |
No | 25 | 4.9 |