Research Article
Group B Streptococcus Colonization among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care at Tertiary Hospital in Rural Southwestern Uganda
Table 1
Participants’ sociodemographic characteristics.
| | Variable | Number (%) |
| | Age group (years) | | | <21 | 61 (19.7) | | 21–25 | 124 (40.1) | | 26–30 | 82 (26.5) | | 31–35 | 23 (7.4) | | >35 | 19 (6.2) | | Education level | | | No education | 8 (2.6) | | Primary | 106 (34.3) | | Secondary | 120 (38.8) | | Tertiary | 75 (24.3) | | Residence type | | | Rural | 99 (32) | | Urban | 210 (68) | | Marital status | | | Married | 286 (92.6) | | Not married | 23 (7.4) | | Tribe | | | Banyankore | 233 (75.4) | | Bakiga | 30 (9.7) | | Baganda | 38 (12.3) | | Others | 8 (2.6) | | BMI | | | 18.5–24.9 | 107 (34.6) | | 25–29.9 | 157 (50.8) | | ≥30 | 45 (14.6) | | Occupation | | | No employment | 71 (23.0) | | Peasant farmer | 72 (23.3) | | Professional | 33 (10.7) | | Self-employed | 121 (39.2) | | Casual labor | 12 (3.9) | | HIV serostatus | | | Positive | 23 (7.4) | | Negative | 286 (92.6) | | Religion | | | Muslim | 42 (13.6) | | Catholic | 105 (34.0) | | Protestant | 126 (40.8) | | Born again | 32 (10.4) | | Others | 4 (1.3) |
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