Birth Intervals and Associated Factors among Women Attending Young Child Clinic in Yumbe Hospital, Uganda

Table 1

Distribution of background characteristics of women aged 15-49 years attending YCC at Yumbe Hospital, Uganda.

Variable	Frequency ()	Percentage	Mean
Age
15-24	112	37.8
25-34	156	52.7	26.82 ()
35-44	28	9.5
Age at first birth			17.34 ()
Residence
Rural	279	94.3
Urban	17	5.7
Marital status
Married	283	95.6
Single & divorced	13	4.4
Marriage status (283)
Polygamous	121	42.8
Monogamous	162	57.2
Education level
No education	57	19.3
Primary	186	62.8
Secondary+	53	17.9
Religion
Muslim	274	92.6
Non-Muslim	22	7.4
Occupation
Housewife	235	79.4
Formal employment	20	6.8
Informal employment	41	13.9
Number of live births
5+	61	20.6
2-4	235	79.4
Sex of the 2^nd last born
Female	147	49.7
Male	149	50.3
Pregnancy wanted
No	169	57.1
Yes	127	42.9
Contraceptive use before the next pregnancy
Never	138	46.6
Sometimes	107	36.1
Always	51	17.2
Decide together with husband when to have next child
Never	93	31.4
Sometimes	87	29.4
Always	116	39.2
Influence of husband when to have the next baby
No	155	52.4
Yes	141	47.6

13 of the respondents were not married.