Table 2.
Sociodemographic characteristics of pregnant women who delivered between September 2014 and March 2017 at pastoralist area of Borena zone, Oromia region, Ethiopia (n=236).
| Variables | Case, n (%) | Control, n (%) | Total, n (%) |
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| Age in years | |||
| 15–24 | 17 (29) | 58 (33) | 75 (32) |
| 25–34 | 30 (51) | 101 (57) | 131 (55) |
| 35–49 | 12 (20) | 18 (10) | 30 (13) |
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| Place of residency | |||
| Rural | 53 (90) | 108 (61) | 161 (68) |
| Urban | 6 (10) | 69 (39) | 75 (32) |
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| Occupation of mother | |||
| Pastoralist | 23 (39) | 52 (29) | 75 (32) |
| Farmer | 5 (8) | 17 (10) | 22 (9) |
| Housewife | 30 (51) | 78 (44) | 108 (46) |
| Merchant | 1 (2) | 12 (7) | 13 (5) |
| Student | 0 (0) | 2 (1) | 2 (0.8) |
| Unemployed | 0 (0) | 2 (1) | 2 (0.8) |
| Government employee | 0 (0) | 13 (7) | 13 (6) |
| Day laborer | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 1 (0.4) |
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| Occupation of husband | |||
| Pastoralist | 44 (75) | 79 (45) | 123 (52) |
| Farmer | 8 (14) | 30 (17) | 38 (16) |
| Merchant | 3 (5) | 23 (13) | 26 (11) |
| Student | 0 (0) | 2 (1) | 2 (1) |
| Unemployed | 2 (3) | 1 (1) | 3 (1) |
| Government employee | 1 (2) | 27 (15) | 28 (12) |
| Day laborer | 1 (2) | 15 (8) | 16 (7) |
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| Educational status of mother | |||
| No formal education | 55 (93) | 114 (64) | 169 (72) |
| Formal education | 4 (7) | 63 (36) | 67 (28) |
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| Husband's education | |||
| No formal education | 54 (92) | 98 (55) | 152 (64) |
| Formal education | 5 (8) | 79 (45) | 84 (36) |
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| Marital status | |||
| Married | 57 (97) | 170 (96) | 227 (96) |
| Widowed + divorced | 2 (3) | 7 (4) | 9 (4) |