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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of pregnant women attending antenatal care at the University of Gondar Hospital, Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia, 2015

From: Prevalence of zinc deficiency and its association with dietary, serum albumin and intestinal parasitic infection among pregnant women attending antenatal care at the University of Gondar Hospital, Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia

Characteristics

Frequency (n)

Percent (%)

Age(years)

15 – 24

113

31

25 – 34

224

61.5

≥35

27

7.4

Educational status

Unable to read and write

73

20.1

Grade 1-4

25

6.9

Grade 5-8

57

15.7

Grade 9-10

74

20.3

Grade 11-12

26

7.1

Certificate and above

109

29.9

Occupation

House wife

199

54.7

Farmer

12

3.3

Merchant

50

13.7

Government employee

83

22.8

Daily laborer

11

3.0

Student

9

2.5

Ethnicity

Amhara

347

95.3

Tigre

11

3.0

Oromo

3

0.8

Other

3

0.8

Religion

Orthodox

322

88.5

Muslim

34

9.3

Protestant

8

2.2

Residence

Urban

281

77.2

Rural

83

22.8

Family size

≤3

242

66.5

4-6

95

26.1

>6

27

7.4

Marital status

Married

352

96.7

Single

5

1.4

Divorced

3

0.8

Separated

4

1.1

Wealth Index

Low

121

33.2

Middle

122

33.5

High

121

33.2