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