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. 2017 Jul 14;17:228. doi: 10.1186/s12884-017-1414-5

Table 2.

Demographic Data

Group (N = 100) Individual (N = 83) p value
Age at last birthday
 Mean (SD) 28.8 (5.8) 26.7 (5.4) 0.02*
Religious following
 Missing 2 2
 None 2 (2.0%) 0 (0.0%)
 Christian 66 (67.3%) 43 (53.1%) 0.04*
 Muslim 30 (30.6%) 38 (46.9%)
Marital status
 Married 73 (73.0%) 57 (68.7%) 0.52
 Single 27 (27.0%) 26 (31.3%)
Ever attended school
 Missing 1 0
 No 13 (13.1%) 13 (15.7%) 0.63
 Yes 86 (86.9%) 70 (84.3%)
Highest level of school attended
 Missing 13 15
 Primary 21 (24.1%) 13 (19.1%)
 Jr. High school 36 (41.4%) 34 (50.0%) 0.68
 Sr. High school 18 (20.7%) 11 (16.2%)
 Tertiary 12 (13.8%) 10 (14.7%)
Able to read
 Missing 1 0
 No 25 (25.3%) 29 (34.9%) 0.15
 Yes 74 (74.7%) 54 (65.1%)
Able to write
 Missing 0 1
 No 24 (24.0%) 29 (35.4%) 0.09
 Yes 76 (76.0%) 53 (64.6%)
Number of pregnancies
 Mean (SD) 3.2 (1.7) 2.9 (1.5)
 Range (1.0–7.0) (1.0–7.0) 0.20
Primigravida 17 (17%) 15 (18%)
Number of living children
 Mean (SD) 1.6 (1.5) 1.3 (1.3) 0.22
 Range (0.0–5.0) (0.0–5.0)
Travel time to district hospital
 Mean (SD) 1.1 (0.3) 1.1 (0.3) 0.9
 Range (1.0–3.0) (1.0–2.0)
Type of transportation to hospital
 Missing 7 6
 Car 5 (5.4%) 2 (2.6%)
 Walk 14 (15.1%) 16 (20.8%) 0.46
 Taxi 17 (18.3%) 18 (23.4%)
 Tro-tro (mass transit) 57 (61.3%) 41 (53.2%)

*p ≤ .05