Research Article
Preterm Birth and Associated Factors among Mothers Who Gave Birth in Gondar Town Health Institutions
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents, Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia, 2012.
| Variable | Frequency | Percent |
| Residence | | | Urban | 357 | 66.1 | Rural | 183 | 33.9 | Age | | | ≤19 | 64 | 11.9 | 20–34 | 441 | 81.6 | ≥35 | 35 | 6.5 | Religion | | | Orthodox | 474 | 87.7 | Muslim | 61 | 11.3 | Others | 5 | 1 | Educational status | | | Unable to read and write | 145 | 26.8 | Read and write | 13 | 2.4 | Primary education | 103 | 19.1 | Secondary education and college | 279 | 51.7 | Marital status | | | Married | 500 | 92.6 | Divorced/separated | 39 | 7.2 | Widowed | 1 | 0.2 | Ethnicity | | | Amhara | 525 | 97.2 | Tigre | 13 | 2.4 | Oromo | 2 | 0.4 | Occupational status | | | Housewife | 337 | 62.4 | Government employer | 79 | 14.7 | Private employee | 44 | 8.1 | Daily laborer | 70 | 13 | Farmer | 10 | 1.9 |
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