Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of the pregnant women attending antenatal care service in Gedeo Zone public hospital, Southern Ethiopia 2022/23
Variable/category | Maternal nutritional status | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Under nourished n = 237, n (%) | Normally nourished n = 484, n (%) | ||
Maternal age in years Mean (SD) | 25.16878 (5.798615) | 26.30785 (5.279581) | 0.028 |
Residence | 0.001 | ||
Rural | 101(42.62) | 144 (29.75) | |
Urban | 136(57.38) | 340 (70.25) | |
Marital status | 0.098 | ||
Married | 230 (97.05) | 463 (95.66) | |
Single | 2 (0.84) | 13 (2.69) | |
Widowed | 2 (0.84) | 7 (1.45) | |
Divorced | 3 (1.27) | 1 (0.21) | |
Ethnicity | 0.182 | ||
Gedeo | 157 (66.24) | 283 (58.47) | |
Amahara | 31 (13.08) | 72 (14.88) | |
Oromo | 18 (7.59) | 53 (10.95) | |
Gurage | 16 (6.75) | 50 (10.33) | |
Other | 15 (6.33) | 26 (5.37) | |
Religion | 0.126 | ||
Protestant | 171 (72.15) | 308 (63.64) | |
Orthodox | 45 (18.99) | 124 (25.62) | |
Muslim | 14 (5.91) | 38 (7.85) | |
Catholic | 3 (1.27) | 10 (2.07) | |
Other | 4 (1.69) | 8 (0.83) | |
Mother’s educational status | 0.002 | ||
No formal education | 40 (16.88) | 48 (9.94) | |
Primary | 145 (61.18) | 278 (57.56) | |
Secondary and above | 52 (21.94) | 157 (32.51) | |
Partner’s educational status | 0.000 | ||
No formal education | 15 (6.58) | 16 (3.44) | |
Primary | 124 (54.39) | 194 (41.72) | |
Secondary and above | 89 (39.04) | 255 (54.84) | |
Mothers occupation | 0.021 | ||
House wife | 160 (67.51) | 270 (55.79) | |
Merchant | 27 (11.39) | 70 (14.46) | |
Government employee | 42 (17.72) | 127 (25.24) | |
Private employee | 8 (3.38) | 17 (3.51) | |
Private employee | 14 (6.11) | 28 (6.02) | |
Family monthly income | 2298.018(1890.09) | 2958.37 (2156.17) | 0.000 |
History of chronic medical condition | 0.323 | ||
Yes | 10 (4.22) | 29 (5.99) | |
No | 227 (95.78) | 455 (94.01) | |