Determinants of Short Interbirth Interval among Reproductive Age Mothers in Arba Minch District, Ethiopia
Table 1
Univariate and bivariate analysis of socioeconomic characteristics of child-bearing age mothers in Arba Minch Zuria District, Gamo Gofa Zone, Ethiopia, 2014.
Variables
Cases number (%)
Controls number (%)
Crude Odds Ratio (95% CI)
value
Age at last delivery
17–24
29 (13.7)
76 (17.9)
0.61 (0.38–1.09)
0.095
25–29
81 (38.2)
181 (42.7)
0.71 (0.44–1.15)
0.163
30–34
63 (29.7)
105 (24.8)
0.95 (0.57–1.60)
0.855
≥35
39 (18.4)
62 (14.6)
1
Age at first marriage
12–18
107 (50.5)
226 (53.3)
0.56 (0.24–1.10)
0.173
19–24
94 (44.3)
185 (43.6)
0.60 (0.26–1.39)
0.234
25–29
11 (5.2)
13 (3.1)
1
Religion
Protestant
150 (70.8)
284 (67.0)
0.88 (0.157–4.949)
0.887
Orthodox
60 (28.3)
136 (32.1)
1.06 (0.197–5.83)
0.950
Others
2 (0.9)
4 (0.9)
1
Ethnicity
Gamo
158 (74.5)
363 (85.6)
2.07 (0.69–6.18)
0.193
Zeysie
50 (23.6)
42 (9.9)
5.65 (1.78–17.92)
0.003
Others
4 (1.9)
19 (4.5)
1
Marital status
Married
204 (96.32)
414 (97.6)
0.61 (0.24–1.58)
0.315
Single/widowed/divorced
8 (3.8)
10 (2.4)
1
Educational level of mothers
No formal education
169 (79.7)
203 (48)
4.28 (2.91–6.29)
0.000
Has formal education
43 (20.3)
221 (52)
1
Mothers’ occupation
Housewife
195 (92.0)
369 (87.0)
1.81 (0.81–9.79)
0.101
Merchant
9 (4.2)
22 (5.20)
2.18 (0.51–9.36)
0.294
Farmer
5 (2.4)
17 (4.00)
1.57 (0.32–7.66)
0.578
Others
3 (1.4)
16 (3.8)
1
Husbands’ educational level
No formal education
132 (64.7)
200 (48.3)
2.01 (1.42–2.83)
0.000
Has formal education
72 (35.3)
214 (51.7)
1
Husband’s occupation
Farmer
171 (83.8)
342 (82.6)
0.77 (0.421–1.42)
0.403
Daily laborer
15 (7.4)
43 (10.4)
0.53 (0.233–1.22)
0.134
Others
18 (8.8)
29 (7.0)
1
Wealth index
Poorest
63 (29.70)
64 (15.10)
5.27 (2.92–9.51)
0.000
Second
48 (22.60)
79 (18.60)
3.25 (1.79–5.91)
0.000
Middle
41 (19.30)
87 (20.50)
2.52 (1.38–4.62)
0.003
Fourth
40 (18.90)
87 (20.50)
2.46 (1.34–4.51)
0.004
Richest
20 (9.40)
107 (25.20)
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Hawariya, Ahzab, Yehiwamisikiroch; Welayta, Konso, Amhara, and Oromo; daily laborer, student, and employed; employed, merchant, and fisher.
