Table 2.
Socio-demographic, obstetric, and psychosocial characteristics of postpartum women in Sodo district, Ethiopia (n = 3147)
| Characteristics of participants | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | ||
| Less than 20 | 107 | 3.4 |
| 20–29 | 1754 | 55.7 |
| 30–39 | 1217 | 38.7 |
| 40 or more | 69 | 2.2 |
| Marital status | ||
| Not currently married | 51 | 1.6 |
| Married | 3096 | 98.4 |
| Residence | ||
| Rural | 2788 | 88.6 |
| Urban | 359 | 11.4 |
| Education attended | ||
| No formal education | 2212 | 70.3 |
| Primary education | 802 | 25.5 |
| Secondary and above | 133 | 4.2 |
| Occupational status | ||
| Housewife | 2722 | 86.5 |
| Government or private employee | 351 | 11.2 |
| No job or daily laborer | 74 | 2.4 |
| Religion | ||
| Orthodox Christian | 2931 | 93.1 |
| Protestant, Muslim, Catholic or other | 216 | 6.9 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Gurage | 2856 | 90.8 |
| Amhara, oromo or other | 291 | 9.2 |
| Baby gender | ||
| Male | 1607 | 51.1 |
| Female | 1540 | 48.9 |
| Happy about baby gender | ||
| Yes | 2871 | 91.2 |
| No | 276 | 8.8 |
| Husband happy about baby gender | ||
| Yes | 2781 | 88.4 |
| No | 366 | 11.6 |
| Perinatal complicationa | ||
| Yes | 346 | 11.0 |
| No | 2801 | 89.0 |
| History of stillbirth | ||
| Yes | 162 | 5.1 |
| No | 2985 | 94.9 |
| History of abortion | ||
| Yes | 296 | 9.4 |
| No | 2851 | 90.6 |
| Parity of women | ||
| Primipara | 504 | 16.0 |
| Multipara | 1393 | 44.3 |
| Grand multipara | 1250 | 39.7 |
| Experienced hunger in the past 1 month | ||
| Yes | 434 | 13.8 |
| No | 2713 | 86.2 |
| Relative wealth | ||
| Less | 800 | 25.4 |
| Same | 2083 | 66.2 |
| Better | 264 | 8.4 |
| Level of social support | ||
| Poor support | 569 | 18.1 |
| Intermediate support | 1565 | 49.7 |
| Strong support | 1013 | 32.2 |
| Stressful event in the past 6 months | ||
| No | 1621 | 51.5 |
| 1 stressful event | 715 | 22.7 |
| 2 or more stressful events | 811 | 25.8 |
| Husband drinks too much alcohol | ||
| No | 2450 | 77.9 |
| Yes | 697 | 22.1 |
| Marital relationship | ||
| Poor | 291 | 9.2 |
| Good | 2856 | 90.8 |
| Problem drinking (≥ 3 on the FAST) | ||
| No | 3121 | 99.2 |
| Yes | 26 | 0.8 |
FAST Fast Alcohol Screening Test
aBleeding in pregnancy or post-partum period, prolonged labour or high blood pressure