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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the mothers who gave birth in North Shewa zone hospitals, Central Ethiopia, 2017

From: Factors associated with low birthweight in North Shewa zone, Central Ethiopia: case-control study

Variables

Cases (n = 94)

Controls (n = 376)

p-value

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Maternal age (years)

 15–24

39

41.5

104

27.7

0.027*

 25–34

38

40.4

200

53.2

 35–49

17

18.1

72

19.1

Place of residence

 Rural

59

62.8

230

61.2

0.776

 Urban

35

37.2

146

38.8

Maternal educational status

 No formal education

50

53.2

163

42

0.002*

 Primary school

29

30.9

83

22.1

 Secondary or tertiary education

15

16

130

34.6

Religion

 Orthodox Christian

62

66

306

81.4

<0.001*

 Protestant

22

23.4

33

8.8

 Muslim

10

9.6

33

8.8

Ethnicity

 Oromo

79

84

346

92.0

0.044*

 Amhara

10

10.6

23

6.1

 Others

5

5.3

7

1.9

Occupation

 Employed/Merchant

27

28.7

126

33.5

0.376

 Housewife

66

70.2

244

64.9

 Others

1

1.1

6

1.6

Wealth index

 Poorest or poorer

38

40.4

150

39.9

0.911

 Middle

20

21.3

74

19.7

 Richer or richest

36

38.3

152

40.4

Marital status

 Married

73

77.7

346

92.0

<0.001*

 Others

21

22.3

30

8.0

  1. *Statistically significant difference at p-value of 0.05