Characteristic No. %
Person provided postnatal care (n=324)    
Physician 245 75.6
Nurse/midwife 65 20.1
Relative/friend 33 10.2
Received health care (n=310)*    
Education on nutrition of lactating mother 151 48.7
Education on exclusive breastfeeding 148 47.7
Education on breastfeeding 146 47.1
Education on immunization 142 45.8
Education on family planning 132 42.6
Education on personal hygiene 125 40.3
Education on newborn care 113 36.5
Family planning methods 120 38.7
Place of professional postnatal consultation (n=310)*    
Public hospital 87 28.1
Public health centre 80 25.8
Private hospital 63 20.3
Private clinic 37 11.9
Private health centre 33 10.6
At home 24 7.8
Reasons for not having postnatal care (n=1354)*    
No problem 1197 88.4
Enough experience 212 15.7
Expensive 125 9.2
Consulted well experienced person 53 3.9
Not aware about the need of postnatal care 31 2.3
Staff rudeness/not trust health staff 28 2.1
No time/accompanied person 18 1.3
Others 10 0.7
* Percentage cannot be added to 100% due to multiple responses.
Table 7: Characteristics of postnatal care (n=1678).