Determinants of Preterm Birth among Women Who Gave Birth in Amhara Region Referral Hospitals, Northern Ethiopia, 2018: Institutional Based Case Control Study
Table 1
Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants who gave birth in Amhara region, referral hospitals, Northwest, Ethiopia, 2018 ().
Variable
Cases (%)
Controls (%)
Total (%)
Age (Year)
<20
3 (2.2)
11 (4.1)
14 (3.5)
20ā34
104 (77.1)
227 (84.1)
331 (81.7)
ā„35
28 (20.7)
32 (11.9)
60 (14.8)
Religion
Christian
130 (96.3)
249 (92.3)
379 (93.6)
Muslim
5 (3.7)
21 (7.8)
26 (6.4)
Ethnicity
Amhara
131 (97)
260 (96.3)
391 (96.5)
Other
4 (3.0)
10 (3.5)
14 (3.5)
Educational status
No formal education
64 (47.4)
70 (25.9)
134 (33.1)
Primary education
23 (17.0)
49 (18.1)
72 (17.8)
Secondary and above
48 (35.6)
151 (55.9)
199 (49.1)
Spouse educational status ()
No formal education
59 (44)
71 (27)
130 (32.8)
Primary education
18 (13.4)
36 (13.5)
54 (13.4)
Secondary and above
57 (42.5)
159 (59.6)
216 (53.8)
Spouse occupational status ()
Farmer
63 (47.0)
83 (31.2)
146 (36.5)
Merchant
15 (11.2)
58 (21.8)
73 (18.0)
Student
3 (2.3)
0
3 (0.8)
Government employee
31 (23.3)
84 (31.3)
115 (28.8)
Daily laborer
6 (4.5)
16 (6.0)
22 (5.5)
Others
16 (11.9)
25 (9.4)
41 (10.4)
Occupation
House wife
94 (69.6)
174 (64.4)
268 (66.2)
Government employee
27 (20.0)
58 (21.5)
85 (21.0)
Merchant
7 (5.2)
17 (6.3)
24 (5.9)
Student
2 (1.5)
5 (1.9)
7 (1.7)
Daily labor
3 (2.2)
11 (4.1)
14 (3.5)
Others
2 (1.5)
5 (1.9)
7 (1.7)
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