Research Article
Anemia among Women Attending Antenatal Care at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of pregnant women attending ANC at the University of Gondar Referral Hospital (n = 332).
| Variables | Number | Percentage |
| Age | | | 15-24 | 109 | 32.8 | 25-34 | 181 | 54.5 | 35-49 | 42 | 12.7 | Residence | | | Urban | 298 | 89.7 | Rural | 34 | 10.3 | Ethnicity | | | Amhara | 309 | 93.1 | Tigre | 23 | 6.9 | Educational status | | | Unable to read and write | 48 | 15.0 | Primary | 78 | 25.0 | College and above | 204 | 60.0 | Occupation | | | Governmental employee | 91 | 27.4 | Merchant | 60 | 18.0 | House wife | 181 | 54.6 | Family size | | | ≤2 | 187 | 56.3 | 3-5 members | 101 | 30.5 | | 44 | 13.2 | Wealth index | | | Richest | 66 | 19.8 | Rich | 67 | 20.2 | Middle | 66 | 19.8 | Poorer | 67 | 20.2 | Poorest | 66 | 19.8 | Toilet | | | Yes | 305 | 91.9 | No | 27 | 8.1 | Source of drinking water | | | Tap water | 302 | 91.0 | Pond/river | 30 | 9.0 | Utilization of impregnated bed net | | | Yes | 137 | 41.3 | No | 195 | 58.7 |
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