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Table 1 Characteristics of households in rural southern Ethiopia, May 2017 to July 2018

From: Financial risk of seeking maternal and neonatal healthcare in southern Ethiopia: a cohort study of rural households

Household’s characteristics

Frequency

Percent

Kebele/residence (n = 794)

Mekonisa

388

49

Hase-Haro

228

29

Tumata-Chiricha

178

22

Age of pregnant women (n = 794)

15–19

106

13

20–24

226

29

25–29

289

36

30–34

131

17

35+

42

5

Predisposing factors

 Pre-payment total household expenditure per year in $ (n = 794)

< $693.5

537

68

$693.5+

257

32

 Post-payment total household expenditure per year in $ (n = 794)

< $693.5

552

70

$693.5+

242

30

 Food expenditure per year in $ (n = 794)

< $693.5

560

71

$693.5+

234

29

 Non-food expenditure per year in $ (n = 794)

< $693.5

787

99

$693.5+

7

1

Utilisation of healthcare services during illness

 Pregnant women (n = 735)

Yes

41

6

No

694

94

 Postpartum women (n = 244)

Yes

5

2

No

239

98

 Neonates (n = 369)

Yes

10

3

No

359

97

Enabling factors

 Educational status of the head of the household (n = 794)

No education

167

21

Primary

470

59

Secondary and above

157

20

 Occupation of the head of the household (n = 794)

Agriculture

471

59

Sales and services

45

6

Skilled manual

22

3

Professional/technical/managerial

22

3

Unskilled manual

159

20

Others

75

9

Need factor: illness occurrence

 Pregnant women (n = 794)

Yes

735

93

No

59

7

 Postpartum women (n = 784)

Yes

244

31

No

540

69

  Neonates (n = 772)

Yes

369

48

No

403

52

  1. Note: 1 Ethiopian ETB equals 0.0383 dollars ($1 = ETB 26.11)