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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of women who give birth in Axum and Adwa town public hospitals, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, February 08–March 08, 2018

From: Preterm births and associated factors among mothers who gave birth in Axum and Adwa Town public hospitals, Northern Ethiopia, 2018

Variables

Frequency

Percentage

Maternal age

 ≤19

42

8.9

 20–34

357

75.6

 ≥35

73

15.5

Maternal level of education (n = 472)

 Unable to read and write

108

22.9

 Able to read and write

10

4.2

 Primary level

103

21.8

 Secondary level

161

34.1

 College and above

80

16.9

Maternal marital status (n = 472)

 Single

11

2.3

 Married

446

94.6

 Divorced

11

2.3

 Widowed

4

0.8

Maternal occupation (n = 472)

 Housewife

265

56.1

 Private employee

87

18.4

 Government employee

84

17.8

 Merchant

30

6.4

 Student

6

1.3

Maternal religion (n = 472)

 Orthodox

435

92.2

 Muslim

32

6.8

 Protestant

3

0.6

 Catholic

2

0.4

Ethnicity

 Tigray

459

97.2

 Amara

11

2.3

 Others*

2

0.4

Residence (n = 472)

 Urban

308

65.3

 Rural

164

34.7

  1. Asterisk represent the list of other ethinicities like Oromo, Wolayta, Guragge other than Tigray and Amara