Table 1 Socio-Economic-Demographic (SED) and other factors in East Gojjam Zone, Amhara, Ethiopia, 2020
From: Low birth weight and its associated factors in East Gojjam Zone, Amhara, Ethiopia
SED factors | Categorized variables | Frequency | % | Cum. % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Place of residence | Rural | 71 | 16.9 | 16.9 | |
Urban | 350 | 83.1 | 100.0 | ||
Marital status | Married | 403 | 96.0 | 96.0 | |
Single | 17 | 4.0 | 100.0 | ||
Ever attended school? | Yes | 360 | 85.5 | 85.5 | |
Highest level of education completed | Cannot read and write | 54 | 12.9 | 12.9 | |
Can read and write | 24 | 5.7 | 18.7 | ||
Primary education 1–5 | 36 | 8.6 | 27.3 | ||
Junior secondary 6–8 | 46 | 11.0 | 38.3 | ||
Senior secondary 9–12 | 113 | 27.0 | 65.3 | ||
TVET | 36 | 8.6 | 73.9 | ||
Diploma and above | 109 | 26.1 | 100.0 | ||
Head of the (House Hold) HH | Male-headed | 158 | 38.4 | 38.4 | |
Female-headed | 19 | 4.6 | 43.1 | ||
aEqual decision-making role | 234 | 56.9 | 100.0 | ||
Ethnicity | Amhara | 417 | 99.0 | 99.0 | |
Oromo | 4 | 1.0 | 100.0 | ||
Age at the first pregnancy | 13–19 | 80 | 19.4 | 19.4 | |
19.9–24 | 205 | 49.8 | 69.2 | ||
25–29 | 113 | 27.4 | 96.6 | ||
≥30 | 14 | 3.4 | 100.0 | ||
Occupation | Housewife and job seeker | 193 | 57 | 57 | |
Farmer and alcohol seller | 47 | 14 | 71 | ||
Civil servant | 98 | 29.0 | 100 | ||
Having health insurance | Yes | 100 | 24.4 | 24.4 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 402 | 95.5 | 95.5 | |
Muslim | 16 | 3.8 | 99.3 | ||
Protestant | 3 | .7 | 100.0 | ||
BMI Group | 15–18.4 | 44 | 12.5 | 12.5 | |
18.5–25 | 263 | 74.9 | 87.5 | ||
> 25.1 | 44 | 12.5 | 100.0 | ||
MUAC in cm | ≤21 | 27 | 6.6 | 6.6 | |
≥22 | 381 | 93.4 | 100.0 | ||
Mean age of the participants | 26.3 ± 4.8 years | ||||
Birth outcomes | LBW | 9.6% | |||
PTD | 9.1% | ||||