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Table 1 Socio-demographic characters of the mother who gave birth at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Ethiopia 2018

From: Factors associated with low birth weight among babies born at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Ethiopia

Variables

Cases (n = 110)

Controls (n = 220)

p-value

Frequency (%)

Frequency (%)

Age of Mothers

  < 24

39(35.45%)

72(32.73%)

0.001*

 25–29

31(28.18%)

103(46.82%)

  > 30

40(36.36%)

45(20.45%)

Residence

 Rural

55(50%)

57(25.91%)

0.001*

 Urban

55(50%)

163(74.09%)

Educational level

 No formal education

46(41.82%)

74(33.64%)

0.001*

 Primary school

41(37.27%)

53(24.09%)

 Secondary school

12(11%)

29(13.18%)

 Above secondary school

11(10%)

64(29.09%)

Religion

 Orthodox

12(11%)

37(16.82%)

0.243

 Protestant

55(50%)

112(50.91%)

 Muslim

37(33.64%)

62(28.18%)

 Catholic

6(5.45%)

6(2.73%)

 Others1

0

3(1.36%)

 

Ethnicity

 Sidama

40(36.36%)

78(35.45%)

0.127

 Oromo

42(38.18%)

64(29.09%)

 Amhara

12(11%)

19(8.63%)

 Wolayta

7(6.36%)

25(11.36%)

 

 Others2

9(8.18%)

34(15.45%)

 

Occupation

 Government Employee

28(25.45%)

72(32.73%)

0.384

 Housewife

59(53.64%)

109(49.55%)

 Others3

23(20.91%)

39(17.73%)

 Has Refrigerator No

87(70.09%)

116(52.73%)

0.001

 Yes

23(20.91%)

104(47.27%)

Animal breeding

 No

66(60%)

164(74.55%)

0.007

 Yes

44(40%)

56(25.45%)

 

Marital status

 Married

108(98.18%)

217(98.64%)

0.75

 Others4

2(1.82%)

3(1.36%)

  1. Others2: gurage, silte, gedeo, dawuro
  2. Others3: student, daily laborer,
  3. Others4: widowed, divorced