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.