Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of mothers who gave birth in public hospitals, Tigrai region, Ethiopia, December 2015–January 2016 (n = 405; cases: 135 and controls: 270)
| Variables | Categories | Cases n = 135 n (%) |
Controls n = 270 n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maternal age (years) | 15–19 | 10 (7.4) | 12 (4.5) |
| 20–24 | 48 (35.6) | 91 (33.7) | |
| 25–29 | 30 (22.2) | 107 (39.6) | |
| 30–34 | 19 (14.1) | 40 (14.8) | |
| ≥35 | 28 (20.7) | 20 (7.4) | |
| Marital status | Single | 14 (10.4.0) | 11 (4.0) |
| Married | 114 (84.4) | 251 (93.0) | |
| Others | 7 (5.2) | 8 (3.0) | |
| Maternal education | Unable to read and write | 49 (36.3) | 34 (12.6) |
| Able to read and write only | 12 (8.9) | 26 (9.5) | |
| Primary school | 27 (20) | 77 (28.5) | |
| Secondary school | 30 (22.2) | 77 (28.5) | |
| College and above | 17 (12.6) | 56 (20.7) | |
| Husband’s education | Unable to read and write | 37 (27.4) | 21 (7.8) |
| Able to read and write only | 21 (15.5) | 29 (10.7) | |
| Primary school | 22 (16.3) | 53 (19.6) | |
| Secondary school | 33 (24.5) | 84 (31.1) | |
| College and above | 22 (16.3) | 83 (30.8) | |
| Occupation | House wife | 98 (72.6) | 189 (70.0) |
| Student | 10 (7.4) | 9 (3.3) | |
| Employed | 27 (20.0) | 72 (26.7) | |
| Religion | Orthodox | 121 (89.6) | 249 (92.2) |
| Muslim | 12 (8.9) | 14 (5.2) | |
| Catholic | 2 (1.5) | 7 (2.6) | |
| Residence | Urban | 77 (57) | 221 (81.9) |
| Rural | 58 (43) | 49 (18.1) | |
| Monthly household income (ETB) * | ≤650 | 37 (27.4) | 14 (5.2) |
| 651–1400 | 35 (25.9) | 53 (19.6) | |
| 1401–2350 | 24 (17.8) | 63 (23.3) | |
| 2351–3550 | 26 (19.2) | 71 (26.3) | |
| 3551–5000 | 12 (8.9) | 49 (18.2) | |
| ≥5001 | 1 (0.8) | 20 (7.4) |
*1ETB ~ O.045 USD