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irths to women with no education. Not surprisingly, contact with health professionals during pregnancy
increases the likelihood of professional care during delivery. For example, less than 2 percent of births
to women who have not made a single antenatal care visit are attended by a health professional,
compared with 30 percent of births to women who have made four or more visits.
10.8 DELIVERY CHARACTERISTICS
Table 10.8 shows that, overall, less than 1 percent of all births in the five years preceding the
survey were delivered by caesarean section. First births, urban births, births in Addis Ababa, and births
to women with secondary or higher education are more likely to be delivered by caesarean section than
other births.
Data on child’s weight and size at birth is shown in Table 10.8. Most Ethiopian children are not
weighed at birth. This is not surprising since institutional deliveries, where a baby’s weight at birth is
most likely to be measured, are not common. A negligible percentage of births weigh less than 2.5
kilograms, that is, classified as low birth weight and considered to have a higher-than-average risk of
Table 10.8 Delivery characteristics
Percentage of live births in the five years preceding the survey delivered by caesarean section, and percent distribution by
birth weight, and by mother's estimate of baby's size at birth, according to background characteristics, Ethiopia 2000
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Birth weight
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Size of child at birth
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Delivery Less 2.5 kg Don't Smaller Average Don't
Background by Not than or know/ Very than or know/
characteristic C-section weighed 2.5 kg more Missing Total small average larger Missing Total Number
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Mother's age
at birth