Research Article
Magnitude and Determinants of Perinatal Mortality in Southwest Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents for the case-control study, Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia.
| | Variable | Cases ()
(%) | Controls ()
(%) | Total ()
(%) |
| | Place of residence | | | | | Urban | 18 (15.0) | 92 (25.6) | 110 (22.9) | | Rural | 102 (85.0) | 268 (74.4) | 370 (77.1) | | Age of mothers (years) | | | | | 17-19 | 4 (3.3) | 15 (4.2) | 19 (4.0) | | 20-29 | 87 (72.5) | 230 (63.9) | 317 (66.0) | | 30-42 | 29 (24.2) | 115 (31.9) | 144 (30.0) | | Educational status of mothers | | | | | Illiterate (no formal education) | 74 (61.7) | 190 (52.8) | 264 (55.0) | | Primary school (grades 1-8) | 39 (32.5) | 139 (38.6) | 178 (37.1) | | Secondary school (grades 9-12) | 6 (5.0) | 23 (6.4) | 29 (6.0) | | Tertiary (college/university) | 1 (0.8) | 8 (2.2) | 9 (1.9) | | Ethnicity of mothers | | | | | Oromo | 110 (91.7) | 312 (86.7) | 422 (87.9) | | Dawuro | 5 (4.2) | 15 (4.2) | 20 (4.2) | | Amhara | 1 (0.8) | 16 (4.4) | 17 (3.5) | | Gurage | 2 (1.7) | 9 (2.5) | 11 (2.3) | | Others | 2 (1.7) | 8 (2.2) | 10 (2.1) | | Religion of mothers | | | | | Muslim | 109 (90.8) | 306 (85.0) | 415 (86.5) | | Orthodox Christian | 6 (5.0) | 43 (11.9) | 49 (10.2) | | Protestant | 5 (4.2) | 11 (3.1) | 16 (3.3) | | Mothers’ occupation | | | | | Housewife | 111 (92.5) | 337 (93.6) | 448 (93.3) | | Government employed | 4 (3.3) | 9 (2.5) | 13 (2.7) | | Others++ | 5 (4.2) | 14 (3.9) | 19 (4.0) | | Husbands’ occupation | | | | | Farmer | 95 (79.2) | 244 (67.8) | 339 (70.6) | | Government employed | 8 (6.7) | 46 (12.8) | 54 (11.3) | | Merchant | 10 (8.3) | 43 (11.9) | 53 (11.0) | | Daily laborer | 6 (5.0) | 23 (6.4) | 29 (6.1) | | Student | 1 (0.8) | 4 (1.1) | 5 (1.0) |
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Kafa, Tigre, Yem; ++student, daily laborer, merchant. |
