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. 2022 Nov 2;10:960443. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.960443

Table 1A.

Socio-demographic characteristics of pregnant women enrolled in the study whose baby's birth weight was measured or not, in Wondo Genet district, Ethiopia, 2017.

Characteristics Birth weight measurement
Total participants, n (%) Missing,
n (%)
Measured, n (%) P -value
Total 589 (100) 84 (100) 505 (100)
Residence
Rural 304 (51.6) 32 (38.1) 272 (53.9) 0.007
Urban 285 (48.4) 52 (61.9) 233 (46.1)
Age of the mother
15–24 years 233 (39.6) 35 (41.7) 198 (39.2) 0.670
25–45 years 356 (60.4) 49 (58.3) 307 (60.8)
Education of the mother
No education 145 (24.6) 12 (14.3) 133 (26.3) 0.018
Formal education 444 (75.4) 72 (85.7) 372 (73.7)
Occupation of the mother
Housewife 472 (80.1) 64 (76.2) 408 (80.8) 0.328
Others 117 (19.9) 20 (23.8) 97 (19.2)
Monthly income (ETB*)
<1,500 273 (46.3) 38 (45.2) 235 (46.5) 0.742
1,500–2,999 214 (36.3) 29 (34.5) 185 (36.6)
≥3,000 102 (17.3) 17 (20.2) 85 (16.8)
Religion of the mother
Protestant 540 (91.7) 71 (84.5) 469 (92.9) 0.010
Others 49 (8.3) 13 (15.5) 36 (7.1)
Alcohol drinking by mother
No 583 (99.0) 83 (98.8) 500 (99.0) 1.000
Yes 6 (1.0) 1 (1.2) 5 (1.0)
Husband's education
No education 113 (19.2) 11 (13.1) 102 (20.2) 0.091
Primary 188 (31.9) 23 (27.4) 165 (32.7)
Secondary and above 288 (48.9) 50 (59.5) 238 (47.1)
Husband's occupation
Farmer 251 (42.6) 23 (27.4) 228 (45.1) 0.011
Merchant 168 (28.5) 26 (31.0) 142 (28.1)
Government employee 44 (7.5) 9 (10.7) 35 (6.9)
Others 126 (21.4) 26 (31.0) 100 (19.8)
Alcohol drinking by husband
No 527 (89.5) 74 (88.1) 453 (89.7) 0.657
Yes 62 (10.5) 10 (11.9) 52 (10.3)
Social support
Low 40 (6.8) 9 (10.7) 31 (6.1) 0.247
Medium 126 (21.4) 15 (17.9) 111 (22.0)
Adequate 423 (71.8) 60 (71.4) 363 (71.9)
*

ETB, Ethiopian Birr. P-value from chi-square test.