Inter-pregnancy interval and associated factors among parous women in neighboring low-land ecologies of arsi & east shoa zone, southeast Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

Table 2 Women’s knowledge about the right healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies (HTSP), Arsi and East Shoa, 2022

Variables	Frequency (N = 563)	Proportion (%)
Whether they know the right HTSP
Yes	474	84.19
No	89	15.81
Women’s knowledge about the right IPI in months(N = 474)
<12 months	29	5.15
12–23 months	207	36.77
≥ 24 months	238	42.27
SIPI can impact maternal health problem
Yes	521	92.54
No	33	5.86
Don’t know	9	1.60
SIPI can impact preterm birth
Yes	405	71.94
No	60	10.66
Don’t know	98	17.41
SIPI can impact low birth weight
Yes	505	89.70
No	36	6.39
Don’t know	22	3.91
SIPI can impact small for gestational age
Yes	462	82.06
No	44	7.82
Don’t know	57	10.12
SIPI can impact birth defect
Yes	267	47.42
No	116	20.60
Don’t know	180	31.97
Low use of contraception contributes to the high level of short IPI
Yes	482	85.61
No	81	14.39

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