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 |