Factors for Childbirth Companionship in Shashemene, Ethiopia Public Hospitals, 2021

9.5 KB of data on factors associated with childbirth companionship utilization. The dataset was authored by Dedefo Gemeda Anbesa and last updated on April 28, 2026. It focuses on public hospitals in Shashemene town, Ethiopia, for the year 2021.

Use Cases

• Identify demographic or socioeconomic factors influencing companionship uptake based on survey variables.
• Model predictors of companionship utilization to inform hospital policy and training programs.
• Compare childbirth support practices across different regions or facility types within Ethiopia.

Strengths

• Data is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0, permitting broad reuse.
• Focus is on a specific geographic area (Shashemene) and year (2021), providing contextual clarity.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 9.5 KB, indicating limited scope or number of observations.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for statistical modeling.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Likely contains survey or hospital record data, though the specific collection method is not detailed.

Time Range

2021

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 17:45:54; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Shashemene town, Ethiopia