Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents assessed on stillbirth in Aksum hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 570)
Variables | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Maternal age in years | ||
< 20 | 68 | 11.9 |
20–34 | 443 | 77.7 |
35+ | 59 | 10.4 |
Residence | ||
Urban | 531 | 93.2 |
Rural | 39 | 6.8 |
Marital status | ||
Single | 20 | 3.5 |
Married | 550 | 96.5 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 547 | 96 |
Muslim | 23 | 4 |
Ethnicity | ||
Tigrean | 542 | 95.1 |
Othersa | 28 | 4.9 |
Maternal educational status | ||
Illiterate | 56 | 9.8 |
Elementary | 177 | 31.1 |
Secondary and above | 337 | 59.1 |
Maternal occupation | ||
Housewife | 345 | 60.5 |
Daily laborer | 25 | 4.4 |
Employed | 87 | 15.3 |
Merchant | 82 | 14.4 |
Student | 31 | 5.4 |
Monthly income | ||
< 2500 birr | 126 | 22.1 |
2500–5000 | 237 | 41.6 |
> 5000 | 207 | 36.3 |
Family size | ||
< 5 | 489 | 85.8 |
≥ 5 | 81 | 14.2 |