Table 1 Maternal demographic characteristics of mothers Assosa and Pawi hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018
From: Below normal birth weight in the Northwest part of Ethiopia
Variable | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Maternal age (years) | ||
15–20 | 40 | 10.67 |
20–35 | 272 | 72.53 |
> 35 | 63 | 16.80 |
Marital status | ||
Married | 265 | 70.67 |
Single | 54 | 14.40 |
Divorced | 25 | 6.67 |
Widowed | 31 | 8.23 |
Residence | ||
Rural | 125 | 33.33 |
Urban | 250 | 66.67 |
Educational level | ||
Uneducated | 106 | 28.27 |
Up to secondary | 112 | 29.87 |
Diploma and above | 157 | 41.87 |
Occupation | ||
Housewife | 171 | 45.60 |
Merchant | 55 | 14.67 |
Employ | 109 | 29.07 |
Student | 40 | 10.67 |
Ethnicity | ||
Amhara | 113 | 30.13 |
Oromo | 69 | 18.40 |
Agew | 30 | 8.00 |
Shinasha | 58 | 15.47 |
Gumuz | 26 | 6.93 |
Berta | 36 | 9.60 |
Mao | 19 | 5.07 |
Komo | 11 | 2.93 |
Others | 13 | 3.47 |