Table 1 Socio-Demographic Characteristics of cases and controls attending Neonatal intensive care unit in the Northwest part of Ethiopia, 2018
From: Determinants of neonatal sepsis among neonates in the northwest part of Ethiopia: case-control study
Variables | Category | Case n = 82(%) | Control n = 164(%) | Total n = 246(%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age of mother | 15–19 | 1(1.2) | 1(0.6) | 2(0.8) |
20–24 | 27(32.9) | 33(20.1) | 60(24.4) | |
25–29 | 29(35.4) | 64(39) | 93(37.8) | |
30–34 | 11(13.4) | 47(28.7) | 58(23.6) | |
35–39 | 6(7.3) | 16(9.8) | 22(8.9) | |
> 40 | 8(9.8) | 3(1.8) | 11(11.6) | |
Marital status | Single/divorced/separated | 4(4.6) | 3(1.8) | 7(2.8) |
married | 78(95.1) | 161(98.2) | 239(97.2) | |
Religion | Orthodox | 81(98.8) | 143(87.2) | 224(91.1) |
Muslim | 1(1.2) | 18(11) | 19(7.7) | |
Protestant | 0(0) | 3(1.8) | 3(1.2) | |
Residence | Urban | 34(41.5) | 100(61) | 134(54.5) |
Rural | 48(58.5) | 64(39) | 112(45.5) | |
educational level of the mother | No formal education | 40(48.8) | 63(38.4) | 103(41.9) |
Primary | 23(28) | 46(28,1) | 69(28) | |
Secondary | 11(13.4) | 35(21.3) | 46(18.7) | |
college and above | 8(9.8) | 20(12.2) | 28(11.4) | |
educational level of the father | No formal education | 40(48.8) | 56(34.1) | 96(39) |
Primary | 21(25.6) | 34(20.7) | 55(22.4) | |
Secondary | 10(12.2) | 37(22.6) | 47(19.1) | |
college and above | 7(8.5) | 34(20.7) | 41(16.7) | |
occupation of the mother | Farmer | 40(48.8) | 66(40.2) | 106(43.1) |
House wife | 31(37.8) | 65(39.6) | 96(39) | |
Government employee | 7(8.5) | 20(12.2) | 27(11) | |
Merchant | 4(4.9) | 13(7.9) | 17(6.9) | |
Occupation of the father | Farmer | 45(54.9) | 65(39.6) | 110(44.7) |
daily labor | 12(14.6) | 33(20.1) | 45(18.3) | |
government employee | 8(9.8) | 38(23.2) | 46(18.7) | |
Merchant | 13(15.9) | 24(15.2) | 38(15.4) | |
number of family members | < 5 | 67(81.7) | 139(84.8) | 206(83.7) |
> = 5 | 15(18.3) | 25(15.2) | 40(16.3) | |
age of neonate in days | < 7 | 74(90.2) | 152(92.7) | 226(91.9) |
7–28 | 8(9.8) | 12(7.3) | 20(8.1) | |
sex of the neonate | Male | 36(43.9) | 67(40.9) | 103(41.9) |
Female | 46(56.1) | 97(59.1) | 143(58.1) |