Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants in the Bamenda Regional Hospital from November 2015–January 2016
From: Adolescent deliveries in semi-urban Cameroon: prevalence and adverse neonatal outcomes
Characteristic | Adolescents | Adults | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Proportion | Frequency | Proportion | |
Marital status | ||||
Married | 5 | 6.5 | 533 | 65.9 |
Single | 72 | 93.5 | 276 | 34.1 |
Parity | ||||
Primiparas | 61 | 88.4 | 184 | 26.1 |
Multiparas | 8 | 11.6 | 521 | 73.9 |
Preterm | ||||
Yes | 6 | 7.8 | 42 | 5.2 |
No | 71 | 92.2 | 767 | 94.8 |
Gender of baby | ||||
Male | 41 | 54 | 413 | 51.5 |
Female | 35 | 46 | 389 | 48.5 |