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. 2021 Aug 18;15:e00222. doi: 10.1016/j.parepi.2021.e00222

Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of pregnant women.

Variable Full sample
Urban
Rural
N % N % N %
Age groups (in years)
15–20 85 12.2 36 10.2 49 14.2
21–25 230 33.0 123 34.8 107 31.1
26–30 188 27.0 107 30.3 81 23.5
31–35 143 20.5 66 18.7 77 22.4
36–40 28 4.0 17 4.8 11 3.2
41–45 23 3.3 4 1.1 19 5.5



Occupational status
Farming 79 11.3 7 2.0 72 20.9
Public service 50 7.2 35 9.9 15 4.4
Petty trading 442 63.4 225 63.7 217 63.1
Unemployed 126 18.1 86 24.4 40 11.6



Marital status
Married 648 93 340 96.3 308 89.5
Single 49 7.0 13 3.7 36 10.5



Religious affiliation
Muslim 453 65.0 271 76.8 182 52.9
Christian 222 31.8 82 23.2 140 40.7
ATR 22 3.2 0 0.0 22 6.4



Family category
Polygamy 195 28.0 80 22.6 115 33.4
Monogamy 453 65.0 260 73.7 193 56.1
Not married 49 7.0 13 3.7 36 10.5



Level of formal education
Primary/none 251 36.0 107 30.3 144 41.9
Junior high 82 11.8 54 15.3 28 8.1
Senior high 238 34.1 120 34.0 118 34.3
Tertiary 126 18.1 72 20.4 54 15.7



Household size
1–3 persons 281 40.3 149 42.2 132 38.4
4–6 persons 303 43.5 147 41.6 156 45.3
≥6 persons 113 16.2 57 16.2 56 16.3



Own ITN
No 76 10.9 46 13.0 30 8.7
Yes 621 89.1 307 87.0 314 91.3
Total 697 100 353 100 344 100

ATR means African Traditional Religion.