Factors associated with maternity waiting home use among women in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia: a multilevel cross-sectional analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify individual-, household- and community-level factors associated with maternity waiting home (MWH) use in Ethiopia.

Design

Cross-sectional analysis of baseline household survey data from an ongoing cluster-randomised controlled trial using multilevel analyses.

Setting

Twenty-four rural primary care facility catchment areas in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia.

Participants

3784 women who had a pregnancy outcome (live birth, stillbirth, spontaneous/induced abortion) 12 months prior to September 2016.

Outcome measure

The primary outcome was self-reported MWH use for any pregnancy; hypothesised factors associated with MWH use included woman's education, woman's occupation, household wealth, involvement in health-related decision-making, companion sup

SUBMITTER: Kurji J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6720516 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature