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. 2012 Oct 10;7(10):e46788. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046788

Table 1. Characteristics of a sample of women from Jimma Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia.* .

Characteristics n = 1006
Age, mean (SD) 26.5 (5.5)
Years of education, mean (SD) 0.67 (2.0)
Number of total living children, mean (SD) 3.4 (1.8)
Number of children born in a health facility, mean (SD) 0.1 (0.4)
Place of last delivery
Home§ 942 (93.8)
Health post 10 (1.0)
Health center 44 (4.4)
Hospital 7 (0.7)
Socioeconomic status
Low 395 (42.0)
Medium 497 (52.9)
High 48 (5.1)
Has chronic energy deficiency** 240 (23.9)
Has high depressive symptoms†† 225 (22.4)
Has PTSD‡‡ 142 (14.1)
*

Data is n (%) unless otherwise specified.

Totals may not add up to 1006 due to missing data.

One woman delivered in an unspecified location.

§

Home includes respondent’s or someone else’s home.

Households were divided into low, medium, or high wealth based on material goods and live stock holdings.

**

Body Mass Index <18.5.

††

Hopkins Symptom Checklist >1.75.

‡‡

Harvard Trauma Questionnaire >2.0.