Inadequate Prenatal Visit and Home Delivery as Determinants of Perinatal Outcomes: Does Parity Matter?

Table 1

Distribution of sociodemographic characteristics by perinatal outcomes in HUCSH & AGH, Southern Ethiopia, September 2018.

Variables	Adverse perinatal outcomes, n (%)		P value
	Yes (115)	No (346)
Maternal age
≤20	2 (15.38)	11 (84.62)	0.324
21-34	89 (23.99)	282 (76.01)
>34	24 (31.17)	53 (68.83)
Residence
Rural	47 (32.64)	97 (67.36)	0.010
Urban	68 (21.45)	249 (78.55)
Religion
Protestant	71 (26.59)	196 (73.41)	0.341
Orthodox	18 (18.56)	79 (81.44)
Muslim	26 (27.37)	69 (72.63)
Others	0 (0.00)	2 (100.00)
Region
SNNPR	64 (21.84)	229 (78.16)	0.040
Amhara	10 (22.22)	35 (77.78)
Oromo	45 (34.45)	78 (65.55)
Others	0 (0.00)	4 (100.00)
Marital status
Married	115 (25.27)	340 (74.73)	0.344
Others	0 (0.00)	6 (100.00)
Mothers’ education
None	40 (36.36)	70 (63.64)	0.001
Read and write only	2 (5.13)	37 (94.87)
Primary	37 (23.57)	120 (76.43)
Secondary	20 (26.32)	56 (73.68)
College and above	16 (20.25)	63 (79.75)
Mothers’ occupation
Housewife	83 (28.23)	211 (71.77)	0.096
Government employee	15 (18.75)	65 (81.25)
Self-employed	17 (19.54)	70 (80.46)
Income
Lower tertile	50 (30.67)	113 (69.33)	0.105
Middle tertile	34 (22.52)	117 (77.48)
Upper tertile	31 (21.09)	116 (78.91)
Husband education
None	22 (37.29)	37 (62.71)	0.001
Read and write only	5 (10.64)	42 (89.36)
Primary	30 (24.00)	95 (76.00)
Secondary	33 (34.74)	62 (65.26)
College and above	25 (18.52)	110 (81.48)
Husband occupation
Farmer	57 (34.13)	110 (65.87)	0.003
Government employee	28 (20.29)	110 (79.71)
Self-employed	30 (19.23)	126 (80.77)

Fisher’s exact test; AGH: Adare General Hospital; HUCSH: Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital; SNNPR: Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Region.