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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants at DTH, 2019

From: Magnitude of low birth weight and maternal risk factors among women who delivered in Debre Tabor Hospital, Amhara Region, Ethiopia: a facility based cross-sectional study

Variables

Frequency

Percent

Chi-square (X2)

P value

Age in years

 18–19

5

2.0

  

 20–24

69

27.8

3.14

0.535

 25–29

79

31.9

  

 30–34

72

29.0

  

  > =35

23

9.3

  

Residence

 Urban

124

44.0

4.81

0.028

 Rural

158

56.0

  

Religion

 Orthodox

271

96.1

  

 Muslims

8

2.8

0.42

0.812

 Others

3

1.1

  

Ethnicity

 Amhara

280

99.3

0.28

0.871

 Others

2

0.7

  

Marital status

 Single

15

5.3

0.02

0.88

 Married

267

94.7

  

Occupation

 House wife

183

64.9

  

 Gov’t employee

16

5.7

2.00

0.57

 Farmer

45

16.0

  

 Merchant

38

13.5