Table 2.

Association between herbal medication use during pregnancy and sociodemographic characteristics

		Number	Herbal medication use		Chi squared	P value
			Yes	No
			N (%)	N (%)
Children	One	114	22 (19.3%)	92 (80.7%)	3.789	0.285
	Two	108	31 (27.9%)	80 (72.1%)
	Three	111	27 (24.1%)	85 (75.9%)
	Four or more	268	75 (28%)	193(72%)
Marital status	Married	546	142 (26%)	404 (74%)	0.188	0.910
	Divorced	31	7 (22.6%)	24 (77.4%)
	Widowed	24	6 (25%)	18 (75%)
Education level	No formal education	27	7 (25.9%)	20 (74.1%)	2.868	0.825
	Primary education	32	9 (28.1%)	23 (71.9%)
	Secondary education	51	16 (31.4%)	35 (68.6%)
	High school	144	39 (27.1%)	105 (72.9%)
	Diploma	81	23 (28.4%)	58 (71.6%)
	Bachelor’s degree	249	56 (22.5%)	193 (77.5%)
	Master’s degree and higher	17	5 (29.4%)	12(70.6%)
Occupation	Housewife	296	74 (25%)	222 (75%)	1.298	0.730
	Private sector employee	44	14 (31.8%)	30 (68.2%)
	Government employee	241	63 (26.1%)	178 (73.9%)
	Other	20	4 (20.0%)	16 (80.0%)
Closest health facility	Not far (<5 km)	270	66 (24.4%)	204(75.6%)	0.849	0.654
	Somewhat far (5 km – 10 km)	217	56 (25.8%)	161(74.2%)
	Very far (>10 km)	114	33 (28.9%)	81 (71.1%)
Antenatal care visits	Zero	49	5 (10.2%)	44 (89.8%)	6.977	0.031
	One or two	91	23 (25.3%)	68 (74.7%)
	Three or more	461	127 (27.5%)	334(72.5%)