Research Article
Previous Early Antenatal Service Utilization Improves Timely Booking: Cross-Sectional Study at University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of pregnant mothers by time of booking, University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2013 (
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| Variables | Frequency (%) |
| Age | | 15–19 | 24 (6.5%) | 20–24 | 153 (41.5%) | 25–29 | 135 (36.6%) | 30–34 | 46 (12.5%) | 35–40 | 11 (3.0%) | Marital status | | Married | 366 (99.2%) | Single | 3 (0.8%) | Educational status | | No formal education | 72 (19.5%) | Primary (1–8) | 74 (20.1%) | Secondary (9–12) | 142 (38.5%) | Above secondary | 81 (22.0%) | Ethnicity | | Amhara | 354 (95.9%) | Tigre | 15 (4.1%) | Religion | | Christianity# | 320 (86.7%) | Muslim | 49 (13.3%) | Occupation | | Employed | 124 (33.6%) | Nonemployed | 245 (66.4%) |
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Christianity# = orthodox + protestant + catholic.
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