Table 1 Distribution of socio demographic characteristics among mothers who gave birth in public hospitals of central zone, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018
Variable | Category | Cases | Control | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Residence | Urban | 46 (52.3%) | 98 (55.7%) | 144 (54.5%) |
Rural | 42 (47.7%) | 78 (44.3%) | 120 (45.5%) | |
Age of the mother | ≥ 19 | 9 (10.2%) | 16 (9.1%) | 25 (9.5%) |
20–24 | 31 (35.2%) | 51 (29%) | 82 (31.1%) | |
25–29 | 14 (15.9%) | 53 (30.1%) | 67 (25.4%) | |
30–34 | 16 (18.2%) | 31 (17.6%) | 47 (17.8%) | |
≥ 35 | 18 (20.5%) | 25 (14.2%) | 43 (16.3%) | |
Educational status | Can’t read and right | 25 (28.4%) | 46 (26.1%) | 71 (26.9%) |
Read and right | 8 (9.1%) | 20 (11.4%) | 28 (10.6%) | |
Primary school | 21 (23.9%) | 39 (22.2%) | 60 (22.7%) | |
Secondary school | 26 (29.5%) | 46 (26.1%) | 72 (27.3%) | |
College and above | 8 (9.1%) | 25 (14.2%) | 33 (12.5%) | |
Marital status | Unmarried | 6 (6.8%) | 10 (5.7%) | 16 (6.1%) |
Married | 79 (89.8%) | 161 (91.5%) | 240 (90.9%) | |
Widowed/divorced | 3 (3.4%) | 5 (2.8%) | 8 (3%) | |
Religion | Orthodox | 80 (90.9%) | 166 (94.3%) | 246 (93.2%) |
Muslim | 8 (9.1%) | 10 (5.7%) | 18 (6.8%) | |
Occupational status | Housewife | 60 (68.2%) | 131 (74.4%) | 191 (72.3%) |
Governmental employee | 10 (11.4%) | 17 (9.7%) | 27 (10.2%) | |
Private employee | 9 (10.2%) | 10 (5.7%) | 19 (7.2%) | |
Daily/farmer/other | 9 (10.2%) | 18 (10.2%) | 27 (10.2%) |