Obstetrics and Gynecology International / 2019 / Article / Tab 2 / Research Article
Determinants of Maternal Death in a Pastoralist Area of Borena Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia: Unmatched Case-Control Study Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of pregnant women who delivered between September 2014 and March 2017 at pastoralist area of Borena zone, Oromia region, Ethiopia (
).Variables Case, n (%) Control, n (%) Total, n (%) Age in years 15–24 17 (29) 58 (33) 75 (32) 25–34 30 (51) 101 (57) 131 (55) 35–49 12 (20) 18 (10) 30 (13) Place of residency Rural 53 (90) 108 (61) 161 (68) Urban 6 (10) 69 (39) 75 (32) Occupation of mother Pastoralist 23 (39) 52 (29) 75 (32) Farmer 5 (8) 17 (10) 22 (9) Housewife 30 (51) 78 (44) 108 (46) Merchant 1 (2) 12 (7) 13 (5) Student 0 (0) 2 (1) 2 (0.8) Unemployed 0 (0) 2 (1) 2 (0.8) Government employee 0 (0) 13 (7) 13 (6) Day laborer 0 (0) 1 (1) 1 (0.4) Occupation of husband Pastoralist 44 (75) 79 (45) 123 (52) Farmer 8 (14) 30 (17) 38 (16) Merchant 3 (5) 23 (13) 26 (11) Student 0 (0) 2 (1) 2 (1) Unemployed 2 (3) 1 (1) 3 (1) Government employee 1 (2) 27 (15) 28 (12) Day laborer 1 (2) 15 (8) 16 (7) Educational status of mother No formal education 55 (93) 114 (64) 169 (72) Formal education 4 (7) 63 (36) 67 (28) Husband’s education No formal education 54 (92) 98 (55) 152 (64) Formal education 5 (8) 79 (45) 84 (36) Marital status Married 57 (97) 170 (96) 227 (96) Widowed + divorced 2 (3) 7 (4) 9 (4)