Operational definitions
Knowledge of skilled maternal health services was defined such that women who scored above the mean of knowledge assessment questions were categorized as having good knowledge, and if they scored below the mean, they were considered as having poor knowledge [The attitude was measured by using the Likert scale (1 = strongly agree, 2 = agree, 3 = disagree, and 4 = strongly disagree). A positive attitude was scored by women who responded above the mean of the attitude assessment questions and if below the mean they were categorized as having a negative attitude [