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Table 3 GBS colonization versus socio-demographic characteristics

From: Isolation and anti-microbial susceptibility pattern of group B Streptococcus among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Ayder Referral Hospital and Mekelle Health Center, Mekelle, Northern Ethiopia

Variables

Category

GBS result

Total

Pearson’s Chi square

P value

Negative

Positive

Age

18–22

25

4

29

1.32

0.73

23–27

55

11

66

28–32

28

3

31

33–37

12

1

13

Residence

Urban

112

19

131

1.34

0.25

Rural

8

0

8

Marital status

Married

114

19

133

0.99

0.80

Single

4

0

4

Divorced

1

0

1

Widowed

1

0

1

Occupation

Student

8

1

9

1.89

0.76

Civil serva.

36

8

44

House wife

56

6

62

Merchant

16

3

19

Othersa

4

1

5

Education

Unable to read and write

14

1

15

1.39

0.71

Primary

31

6

37

Secondary

40

5

45

High grade

35

7

42

  1. aWaitress, manual worker