Low Birth Weight and Its Associated Factors among Newborns Delivered at Wolaita Sodo University Teaching and Referral Hospital, Southern Ethiopia, 2018

Table 1

The socio-demographic characteristic distribution of mothers with their neonate at Wolaita Sodo University teaching and referral hospital, 2018.

Variable	Category	Frequency	Percentage (%)
Mothers age	<20	45	14.8
	20-34	235	77.3
	>35	24	7.9
Ethnicity	Wolaita	261	85.9
	Tigray	6	2
	Amhara	20	6.6
	Oromo	7	2.3
	Others	10	3.3
Religion	Protestant	189	62.2
	Orthodox	78	25.7
	Muslim	32	10.5
	Other	5	1.6
Marital status	Single	8	2.6
	Married	293	96.4
	Divorced	3	1.0
Residence	Urban	171	56.3
	Rural	133	43.7
Educational status	Unable to read and write	44	14.5
	Able to read and write	34	11.2
	Primary school	156	51.3
	Secondary and above	140	46
Occupation	Housewife	181	59.5
	Farmer	6	2.0
	Governmental employee	106	34.9
	Others	11	3.6
Mother dietary habit	Enjera	215	70.7
	Cereals	39	12.8
	Meat	13	4.3
	Starchy	32	10.5
	Fruit	5	1.6