Table 6.

Association between background characteristics and comprehensive practice of pregnant women in Amatere Health Center, 2019.

Variables	Categories	Comprehensive practice				p value
		Good practice		Poor practice
		Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent
Age (years)	<20	6	30.0	14	70.0	0.083
	20-29	72	42.1	99	57.9
	30-39	52	53.1	46	46.9
Marital status	Married	124	45.8	147	54.2	0.228
	Single	5	29.4	12	70.6
	Divorced	1	100.0	0	0.0
Ethnicity	Tigrigna	39	55.7	31	44.3	0.138
	Afar	4	23.5	13	76.5
	Tigre	66	43.7	85	56.3
	Saho	13	43.3	17	56.7
	Other	8	38.1	13	61.9
Religion	Christian	40	55.6	32	44.4	0.037
	Muslim	90	41.5	127	58.5
Occupation	Housewife	99	44.4	124	55.6	0.479
	Self-employed	10	58.8	7	41.2
	Governmental	15	48.4	16	51.6
	Single-unemployed	6	33.3	12	66.7
Level of education of respondent	No formal education	25	41.0	36	59.0	0.872
	Primary	32	42.7	43	57.3
	Middle	41	48.8	43	51.2
	High school	23	45.1	28	54.9
	Tertiary	9	50.0	9	50.0
Husband's education	No formal education	21	37.5	35	62.5	0.469
	Primary	14	40.0	21	60.0
	Middle	34	50.0	34	50.0
	High school	35	46.7	40	53.3
	Tertiary	24	53.3	21	46.7
Gravid	One	13	21.7	47	78.3	0.003
	Two-four	75	50.0	75	50.0
	>Four	33	47.9	36	52.1
Parity	Zero	13	20.3	51	79.7	0.001
	One-four	107	54.4	90	45.6
	>Four	10	37.1	17	62.9
Total		130	45.1	158	54.9