Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections and Associated Risk Factors among Pregnant Women Attending Prenatal Care in the Northwestern Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics of pregnant women in Shahura Primary Hospital, 2019 ().

Sociodemographic characteristics	Frequency	Percent
Age category (year)
15-19	20	5.2
20-24	159	41.4
25-29	133	34.6
30-34	33	8.6
35-39	33	8.6
40 and above	6	1.6
Marital status
Single	58	15.1
Divorced	41	10.7
Married	285	74.2
Education level
Illiterate	69	17.9
Writing and reading	174	45.3
High school	93	24.2
College and university	48	12.5
Residence
Rural	188	48.9
Urban	196	51.0
Monthly income (ETB)
Less than 500	80	20.8
500-1000	186	48.4
Above 1000	118	30.7
Occupation
Daily laborer	57	14.8
Student	15	3.9
House wife	268	69.8
Civil servant	44	11.5
Gravidity
Primigravida	214	55.7
Bigravidae	119	31.0
Multigravidae	51	13.3
Gestation period
1st trimester	108	28.1
2nd trimester	174	45.3
3rd trimester	102	26.6