Determinants of Anemia among Pregnant Women at Public Hospitals in West Shewa, Central Ethiopia: A Case-Control Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of pregnant women attending antenatal follow-up-care in public hospitals of the West Shewa zone, from February to April 2019.

Variables	Cases: n = 142 (%)	Controls: n = 284 (%)
Age groups
15–19	7 (4.9)	12 (4.2)
20–24	30 (21.1)	91 (32)
25–29	68 (47.9)	140 (49.3)
30–34	18 (12.7)	34 (12)
≥35	19 (13.4)	7 (2.5)
Family size in number
≤5	82 (57.7)	227 (79.1)
>5	60 (42.3)	57 (20.9)
The educational level of mother
Have no formal education	40 (28.2)	39 (13.7)
Have a formal education	102 (71.8)	245 (86.3)
Marital status
Married	135 (95.1)	272 (95.8)
Others^a	7 (4.9)	12 (4.2)
The educational level of husband
Have no formal education	32 (22.5)	32 (11.3)
Have a formal education	110 (77.5)	252 (88.7)
Occupation of mother
Employed	20 (14.1)	65 (22.9)
Unemployed	122 (85.9)	219 (77.1)
Occupation of husband
Employed	16 (11.3)	82 (28.9)
Unemployed	126 (88.7)	202 (71.1)
Family income
≤1499	58 (40.8)	29 (10.2)
1500–2499	21 (14.8)	29 (10.2)
2500–3499	20 (14.1)	42 (14.8)
≥3500	43 (30.3)	184 (64.8)

a = single, widowed, and divorced.