Table 1.
Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of pregnant women attending public health facilities in Dessie town, Northeast Ethiopia, 2023 (N = 348).
| Variables | Clinical characteristics | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| History of hospitalization | HIV status | Syphilis status | History of UTI at current pregnancy | Vaginal discharge | History of STI | |||||||
| Yes | No | Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Health facility | ||||||||||||
| DCSH | 16 (4.6) | 239 (68.7) | 10 (2.9) | 245 (70.4) | 9 (2.6) | 246 (70.7) | 34 (9.8) | 221 (63.5) | 254 (73) | 1 (0.3) | 3 (0.9) | 252 (72.4) |
| DHC | 5 (1.4) | 88 (25.3) | 4 (1.1) | 89 (25.6) | 1 (0.3) | 92 (26.4) | 14 (4) | 79 (22.7) | 91 (26.2) | 2 (0.5) | 5 (1.4) | 88 (25.3) |
| Total | 21 (6.0) | 327 (94.0) | 14 (4.0) | 334 (96.0) | 10 (2.9) | 338 (97.1) | 48 (13.8) | 300 (86.2) | 345 (99.1) | 3 (0.9) | 8 (2.3) | 340 (97.7) |
| Age (in years) | ||||||||||||
| ≤28 | 13 (3.7) | 178 (51.2) | 8 (2.3) | 183 (52.6) | 5 (1.4) | 186 (53.5) | 22 (6.3) | 26 (7.5) | 189 (54.3) | 2 (0.6) | 2 (0.6) | 189 (54.3) |
| >28 | 8 (2.3) | 149 (42.8) | 6 (1.7) | 151 (43.4) | 5 (1.4) | 152 (43.7) | 169 (48.6) | 131 (37.6) | 156 (44.8) | 1 (0.3) | 6 (1.7) | 151 (43.4) |
| Residence | ||||||||||||
| Urban | 16 (4.6) | 247 (71) | 12 (3.4) | 251 (72.1) | 4 (1.2) | 259 (74.4) | 36 (10.3) | 227 (65.2) | 260 (74.7) | 3 (0.9) | 8 (2.3) | 255 (73.3) |
| Rural | 5 (1.4) | 80 (23) | 2 (0.6) | 83 (23.9) | 6 (1.7) | 79 (22.7) | 12 (3.5) | 73 (21) | 85 (24.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 85 (24.4) |
| Marital status | ||||||||||||
| Single | 2 (0.6) | 17 (4.9) | 1 (0.3) | 18 (5.2) | 0 (0) | 19 (5.5) | 0 (0) | 19 (5.5) | 19 (5.5) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.6) | 17 (4.9) |
| Married | 19 (5.5) | 292 (83.9) | 12 (3.5) | 299 (85.9) | 10 (2.9) | 301 (86.5) | 46 (13.2) | 265 (76.1) | 308 (88.5) | 3 (0.9) | 5 (1.4) | 306 (87.9) |
| Divorced | 0 (0) | 14 (4) | 1 (0.3) | 13 (3.7) | 0 (0) | 14 (4) | 1 (0.3) | 13 (3.7) | 14 (4) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.3) | 13 (3.8) |
| Widowed | 0 (0) | 4 (1.1) | 0 (0) | 4 (1.1) | 0 (0) | 4 (1.1) | 1 (0.3) | 3 (0.9) | 4 (1.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (1.1) |
| Educational status | ||||||||||||
| Unable to read & write | 3 (0.9) | 24 (6.9) | 1 (0.3) | 26 (7.5) | 1 (0.3) | 26 (7.5) | 7 (2) | 20 (5.7) | 27 (7.8) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.3) | 26 (7.5) |
| Primary | 5 (1.4) | 90 (25.9) | 6 (1.7) | 89 (25.6) | 5 (1.4) | 90 (25.9) | 13 (3.7) | 82 (23.6) | 95 (27.3) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.3) | 94 (27) |
| Secondary | 5 (1.4) | 98 (28.2) | 3 (0.9) | 100 (28.7) | 3 (0.9) | 100 (28.7) | 15 (4.3) | 88 (25.3) | 103 (29.6) | 2 (0.6) | 3 (0.9) | 100 (28.7) |
| Diploma & above | 8 (2.3) | 115 (33) | 4 (1.1) | 119 (34.2) | 1 (0.3) | 122 (35) | 13 (3.7) | 110 (31.6) | 123 (35.4) | 1 (0.3) | 3 (0.9) | 120 (34.4) |
| Occupation | ||||||||||||
| Civil servant | 4 (1.2) | 36 (10.3) | 3 (0.9) | 37 (10.6) | 0 (0) | 40 (11.5) | 7 (2) | 33 (9.5) | 39 (11.2) | 1 (0.3) | 2 (0.6) | 38 (11) |
| Student | 0 (0) | 14 (4) | 0 (0) | 14 (4) | 0 (0) | 14 (4) | 0 (0) | 14 (4) | 14 (4) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.3) | 13 (3.7) |
| Farmer | 2 (0.6) | 16 (4.6) | 0 (0) | 18 (5.2) | 1 (0.3) | 17 (4.9) | 4 (1.2) | 14 (4) | 18 (5.2) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.3) | 17 (4.9) |
| House wife | 11 (3.2) | 214 (61.5) | 8 (2.3) | 217 (62.4) | 8 (2.3) | 217 (62.4) | 29 (8.3) | 196 (56.3) | 224 (64.4) | 1 (0.3) | 4 (1.2) | 221 (63.5) |
| Merchant | 4 (1.2) | 32 (9.1) | 1 (0.3) | 35 (10) | 1 (0.3) | 35 (10) | 4 (1.2) | 32 (9.2) | 35 (10) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0) | 36 (10.3) |
| Daily labor | 0 (0) | 15 (4.3) | 2 (0.6) | 13 (3.7) | 0 (0) | 15 (4.3) | 4 (1.2) | 11 (3.2) | 15 (4.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 15 (4.3) |
| Source of drinking water | ||||||||||||
| Public tap water | 17 (4.9) | 285 (81.9) | 12 (3.5) | 290 (83.3) | 8 (2.3) | 294 (84.5) | 38 (10.9) | 264 (75.9) | 300 (86.2) | 2 (0.6) | 7 (2) | 295 (84.8) |
| Spring tap water | 3 (0.9) | 18 (5.1) | 1 (0.3) | 20 (5.7) | 2 (0.6) | 19 (5.5) | 4 (1.2) | 17 (4.9) | 21 (6) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.3) | 20 (5.7) |
| Private tap water | 1 (0.3) | 24 (6.9) | 1 (0.3) | 24 (6.9) | 0 (0) | 25 (7.1) | 6 (1.7) | 19 (5.4) | 24 (6.9) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0) | 25 (7.2) |
| Domestic animal in the house | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 3 (0.9) | 74 (21.3) | 3 (0.9) | 74 (21.3) | 3 (0.9) | 74 (21.3) | 12 (3.4) | 65 (18.7) | 77 (22.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 77 (22.1) |
| No | 18 (5.1) | 253 (72.7) | 11 (3.2) | 260 (74.7) | 7 (0.2) | 264 (75.9) | 36 (10.3) | 235 (67.5) | 268 (77) | 3 (0.9) | 8 (2.3) | 268 (77) |
DCSH, Dessie Comprehensive Specialized Hospital; DHC, Dessie Health Center; UTI, Urinary Tract Infection; STI, Sexually Transmitted Infection; and HIV, Human Immune Virus.