Research Article
Healthcare-Seeking Behavior and Associated Factors for Newborn Danger Signs among Mothers Who Gave Birth in the Last 12 Months in Anlemo District
Table 2
Sociodemographic variables of mothers in Anlemo district, southern Ethiopia, 2019.
| | Variables (n = 421) | Category | No (percent) |
| | Age in years | 20–24 | 83 (19.7) | | 25–29 | 104 (24.7) | | 30–34 | 118 (28.0) | | ≥35 | 116 (27.6) |
| | Religion | Protestant | 203(48.2) | | Muslim | 175 (41.6) | | Orthodox | 36 (8.5) | | Others | 7 (1.7) |
| | Occupation of respondent (mother) | Housewives | 275 (65.3) | | Laborer | 94 (22.3) | | Merchant | 34 (8.1) | | Others | 18 (4.3) |
| | Educational status mother | Unable to read & write | 193 (45.8) | | Elementary | 165 (39.2) | | Secondary | 39 (9.3) | | College and above | 24 (5.7) |
| | Residence | Urban | 65 (15.4) | | Rural | 356 (84.6) |
| | Total family size | ≤5 | 247 (58.7) | | >5 | 174 (41.3) |
| | Total number of children | ≤3 | 162 (38.5) | | >3 | 259 (61.5) |
| | Age of the baby | 0–28 days | 61 (14.5) | | >28 days | 360 (86.5) |
| | Sex of recent birth | Male | 196 (46.6) | | Female | 225 (53.4) |
| | Average monthly income of households | ≤12 dollars | 202 (48.0) | | (12–34) dollars | 181 (43.0) | | ≥35 dollars | 38 (9.0) |
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