Table 1.
Characteristics of 1447 pregnant mothers attending their first antenatal care at the study clinics between April 2020 and March 2021 and sampled at random for the study
| Characteristics | Haramaya District | Hiwot Fana Hospital | Total | |||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Age in years | ||||||
| 14–19 | 98 | 13.0 | 74 | 13.5 | 192 | 13.3 |
| 20–24 | 341 | 45.4 | 268 | 35.6 | 588 | 40.7 |
| 25–29 | 181 | 24.1 | 219 | 31.6 | 400 | 27.7 |
| 30–34 | 110 | 14.6 | 100 | 14.4 | 210 | 14.5 |
| ≥35 | 22 | 2.9 | 35 | 4.9 | 56 | 3.9 |
| Residence | ||||||
| Urban | 577 | 76.8 | 407 | 58.7 | 984 | 68.1 |
| Rural | 174 | 23.2 | 287 | 41.4 | 461 | 31.9 |
| Number of children | ||||||
| None | 298 | 40.0 | 254 | 36.8 | 552 | 38.4 |
| 1–5 | 422 | 56.6 | 401 | 58.1 | 823 | 57.3 |
| 6–10 | 26 | 3.5 | 35 | 5.1 | 61 | 4.3 |
| Trimester of visit | ||||||
| First | 223 | 29.7 | 143 | 20.6 | 366 | 25.3 |
| Second | 416 | 55.3 | 242 | 34.8 | 658 | 45.5 |
| Third | 113 | 15.0 | 310 | 44.6 | 423 | 29.2 |
| Comorbidities | ||||||
| None | 750 | 99.7 | 689 | 99.1 | 1439 | 99.5 |
| At least one* | 2 | 0.3 | 6 | 0.9 | 8 | 0.6 |
| COVID-19 symptoms† | ||||||
| No | 721 | 96.4 | 668 | 96.5 | 1389 | 96.5 |
| Yes | 27 | 3.6 | 24 | 3.5 | 51 | 3.5 |
*Chronic liver, renal, cardiovascular or ‘other’ disease.
†At least one of cough, fever, headache or difficulty breathing.