Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of the study participants (n = 356), Goba District, Bale Zone, South-East Ethiopia, February, 2014
Variables | Place of delivery | P-values* | |
|---|---|---|---|
Cases (ID) | Controls (HD) | ||
Frequency (%) | Frequency (%) | ||
Residence | |||
Urban | 57(48.3) | 110(46.2) | 0.736 |
Rural | 61(51.7) | 128(53.8) | |
Age of respondents | |||
15-19 | 7(5.9) | 18(7.6) | 0.021 |
20-24 | 36(30.5) | 43(18.1) | |
25-29 | 45(38.1) | 82(34.5) | |
30-34 | 16(13.6) | 60(25.2) | |
35-49 | 14(11.9) | 35(14.7) | |
Mean age (± SD) | 27.41(±5.8) | 28.84(±5.7) | |
Religion of respondents | |||
Muslim | 46(39.0) | 113(47.5) | 0.022 |
Orthodox | 61(51.7) | 88(37.0) | |
Protestant | 11(9.3) | 37(15.5) | |
Ethnicity of the respondents | |||
Oromo | 76(64.4) | 182(76.5) | 0.002 |
Amahara | 33(28.0) | 30(12.6) | |
Other (Tgrie, Guragie & Gamo) | 9(7.6) | 26(10.9) | |
Marital status of respondents | |||
Married | 101(85.6) | 220(92.4) | 0.109 |
Widowed/Divorced/Separated | 11(9.3) | 13(5.3) | |
Not Ever Married | 6(5.1) | 5(2.1) | |
Maternal (Respondent’s) Educational level | |||
No formal education | 26(22.0) | 146(61.3) | <0.001 |
10 education | 48(40.7) | 71(29.8) | |
20 and above | 44(37.3) | 21(8.8) | |
Occupation | |||
Housewife | 75(63.6) | 195(81.9) | <0.001 |
Merchants | 19(16.1) | 26(10.9) | |
Employed (Government/Private) | 20(16.9) | 7(2.9) | |
Other | 4(3.4) | 10(4.2) | |
Monthly income of the women in Ethiopian Birr (ETB) | |||
None | 56(47.5) | 83(34.9) | 0.130 |
None – 500 | 19(16.1) | 49(20.6) | |
501-999 | 17(14.4) | 48(20.2) | |
≥ 1000 | 26(22.0) | 58(24.4) | |
Total family income in Ethiopian Birr (ETB) | |||
< 500 | 20(16.9) | 42(17.6) | 0.177 |
500-1000 | 26(24.6) | 81(34.0) | |
> = 1001 | 69(58.5) | 115(48.3) | |
Family size | |||
< = 4 | 77(65.3) | 93(39.1) | <0.001 |
5-6 | 27(22.9) | 80(33.6) | |
> = 7 | 14(11.9) | 65(27.3) | |
Husbands age (n = 327) | |||
< 30 years | 30(25.4) | 43(18.1) | 0.125 |
> = 30 years | 76(64.4) | 178(74.8) | |
Husbands educational level (n = 327) | |||
No formal education | 19(16.1) | 85(35.7) | <0.001 |
10 education | 34(28.8) | 108(45.4) | |
20 and above | 53(44.9) | 28(11.8) | |
Husbands’ occupational status(n = 327) | |||
Farming | 47(39.8) | 151(63.4) | <0.001 |
Employed (Government/Private) | 33(28.0) | 29(12.2) | |
Merchant | 18(15.3) | 10(4.2) | |
Other | 8(6.8) | 31(13.0) | |
Type of Mass Media (working) | |||
Radio Working | 54(45.8) | 158(66.4) | <0.001 |
Television Working | 58(49.2) | 49(20.6) | |
None | 6(5.1) | 31(13) | |
Availability of Telephone (Mobile) | |||
Yes | 102(86.4) | 159(66.8) | <0.001 |
No | 16(13.6) | 79(33.3) | |
Time spent (home to the nearest HI) | |||
< =30 minutes | 84(71.2) | 76(31.9) | <0.001 |
> 30 minutes | 34(28.8) | 162(68.1) | |