Table 1 Socio-economic, demographic and biological characteristics of study subjects, Yaballo Woreda Borena Zone, Ethiopia, March 2012
Variables | Cases (323) | Controls (313) |
|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 39(12.1) | 63(20.1) |
Protestant | 59(1 8.3) | 58(18.5) |
Muslim | 40(12.1) | 30(9.6) |
Catholic | 10(3.1) | 14(4.5) |
Wakefata | 175(54.2) | 148(47.3) |
Ethnicity | ||
Oromo | 240(74.3) | 227(72.5) |
Burji | 51(15.8) | 55(17.6) |
Konso | 26(8.0) | 25(8.0) |
Amhara | 6(1.9) | 6(1.9) |
Maternal Educational | ||
No education | 255(78.9) | 2 16(69.0) |
Primary | 67(20.7) | 86(27.5) |
Secondary and above | 1(0.3) | 11(3.5) |
Husband education | ||
No education | 215(66.6) | 172(55.0) |
Primary | 101(31.3) | 119(38.0) |
Secondary and above | 7(2.2) | 22(7.0) |
Mother occupation | ||
House wife | 232(71.8) | 193(61.7) |
Outside home | 91(28.2) | 120(38.3) |
Husband occupation | ||
Husbandry | 221(68.4) | 225(71.9) |
Farmers | 20(6.2) | 30(9.6) |
Merchant | 23(7.1) | 26(8.3) |
Daily worker | 42(13.0) | 11(3.5) |
Others | 17(5.3) | 21(6.7) |
Age of the mothers | ||
20-24 | 23(7.1) | 16(5.1) |
25-29 | 115(35.6) | 78(24.9) |
30-34 | 90(27.9) | 71(22.7) |
35-39 | 56(17.3) | 75(23.9) |
40-44 | 24(7.4) | 49(15.7) |
45-49 | 15(4.6) | 24(7.7) |
Age at first marriage | ||
<18 | 203(62.8) | 206(65.8) |
>=18 | 120(37.2) | 107(34.2) |
Sex of index child | ||
Male | 148(45.8) | 201(64.2) |
Female | 175(54.2) | 112(35.8) |
Parity | ||
2 children | 26(8.0) | 32(10.2) |
3-4 children | 160(49.5) | 127(40.6) |
>=5 children | 137(42.4) | 154(49.2) |
Survival status index child | ||
Alive | 313(96.9) | 307(98.1) |
Dead | 10(3.1) | 6(1.9) |
Breast feeding | ||
<24 months | 320(99.1) | 268(85.6) |
>=24months | 2(0.6) | 44(14.1) |
Contraception use | ||
Yes | 84(26.0) | 214(68.4) |
No | 239(74.0) | 99(3 1.6) |