A Case-Control Study on Intimate Partner Violence during Pregnancy and Low Birth Weight, Southeast Ethiopia

Table 1

Distribution of mothers by sociodemographic characteristics in Bale Zone, Oromia regional state, August 2013.

Variables	LBW		NBW		Total
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Age group (years)
<20	52	40.3	56	21.7	108	28.0
21–35	66	51.2	179	69.4	245	63.3
>35	11	8.5	23	8.9	34	8.7
Weight group (kg)
<50	16	12.4	12	4.7	28	7.2
>50	113	87.6	246	95.3	359	92.8
Height (Cm)
≤150	20	15.5	16	6.2	36	9.3
>150	109	84.5	242	93.8	351	90.7
Religion
Muslim	86	66.7	139	53.9	225	58.1
Orthodox	38	29.5	100	38.8	138	35.7
Protestant	5	3.9	14	5.4	19	4.9
Catholic	0	0	5	1.9	5	1.3
Ethnicity
Oromo	103	79.8	183	70.9	186	73.9
Amhara	14	10.9	64	24.8	78	20.2
Others	12	9.3	11	1.3	23	5.9
Marital status
Married	116	89.9	243	94.2	359	92.7
Others	13	10.1	15	5.8	28	7.3
Residence
Urban	67	51.9	194	75.2	261	67.4
Rural	62	48.1	64	24.8	126	32.6
Head of household
Male	117	90.7	233	90.3	350	90.4
Female	12	9.3	25	9.7	37	9.6
Maternal occupation
Employed	10	7.8	40	15.5	50	12.9
Housewife	90	69.8	117	45.3	207	53.4
Farmer	8	6.2	31	12.0	39	10.0
Merchant	12	9.3	63	24.4	75	19.3
Daily laborer	9	7.0	7	2.7	16	4.3
Monthly income (ETB)
≤500	31	24.6	20	7.8	51	13.3
501–1000	40	31.7	49	19.1	89	23.2
1001–1500	15	11.9	39	15.2	54	14.1
>1500	40	31.7	149	58	189	49.3
Maternal education
Illiterate	59	45.7	40	15.5	99	25.6
Read and write only	2	1.6	5	1.9	7	1.8
Primary (1–8)	49	38.0	109	42.2	158	40.8
Secondary (9–12)	14	10.9	81	31.4	95	24.5
Tertiary	5	3.9	23	8.9	28	7.2