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Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of pregnant women in relation to their serostatus at Felegehiwot Referral Hospital, November 2013 to June 2014

From: Seroprevalence of syphilis and its risk factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care at Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Bahir Dar, northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Total examined

n (%)

Serostatus for T. pallidum

χ2 (df)

p value

COR (CI 95%)

P-value

Positive

n (%)

Negative

n (%)

Age categories (years)

 < 20

6 (1.5)

0 (0)

6 (100)

 

1.00

 

 20–29

283 (73.6)

7 (2.4)

276 (97.6)

19.53

0.02 (0.00, 0.30)

0.004

 30–39

88 (22.9)

1 (1.1)

87 (98.9)

(3)

0.07 (0.01, 0.47)

0.006

 ≥ 40

7 (1.8)

2 (28.5)

5 (71.5)

P = 0.000

0.04 (0.00, 54)

0.015

Marital status

 Single

21 (5.5)

3 (14.3)

18 (85.7)

18.92

0.67 (0.54, 8.19)

0.751

 Divorced

5 (1.3)

2 (40)

3 (60)

(2)

9.77 (2.26, 2.29)

0.002

 Married

358 (93.2)

5 (1.4)

353 (98.6)

P = 0.000

1.00

 

Residence

 Urban

340 (88.5)

7 (2.1)

333 (97.9)

3.47 (1)

1.00

0.079

 Rural

44 (11.5)

3 (6.8)

41 (93.2)

P = 0.052

3.48 (0.86, 13.98)

 

Educational status

 Illiterate

43 (11.2)

4 (9.3)

39 (90.6)

1.11 (3)

1.62 (0.26, 10.09)

0.262

 Read and write

103 (26.8)

3 (2.9)

100 (97.1)

P = 0.774

2.78 (0.37, 20.38)

0.379

 High school

116 (30.2)

2 (1.7)

114 (98.3)

 

1.93 (0.31, 11.99)

0.312

 College and above

122 (31.8)

1 (0.8)

121 (99.1)

 

1.00

 

Occupational status

 Govt. employee

113 (29.4)

1 (0.9)

112 (99.1)

 

1.00

 

 Private

86 (22.3)

3 (3.6)

83 (96.4)

5.91 (3)

0.25 (0.02, 2.41)

0.230

 House wife

165 42.9)

4 (2.4)

161 (97.6)

P = 0.116

0.36 (0.04, 3.25)

0.363

 Daily laborer

20 (5.2)

2 (10)

18 (90)

 

0.08 (0.07, 0.93)

0.044

Family monthly income (Eth Birr)

 < 500

74 (19.3)

3 (4.1)

71 (95.9)

3.29 (2)

0.32 (0.64–1.64)

0.174

 500–1000

88 (22.9)

3 (3.4)

85 (96.6)

P = 0.193

0.28 (0.63, 1.13)

0.108

 > 1000

222 (57.8)

4 (1.8)

218 (98.2)

 

1.00