Burden of pelvic girdle pain during pregnancy among women attending ante-natal clinic, Ethiopia:a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of pregnant women who attained antenatal care clinic at Gondar, University Comprehensive Specialized Referral Hospital, Ethiopia (n = 424)

Variables	Categories	n	%
Age in years	< 20	36	8.5
(mean age (27 ± 4.6)	21–30	306	72.2
(mean age (27 ± 4.6)	> 30	82	19.3
Residence	Urban	364	85.8
Residence	Rural	60	14.2
Marital status	Married	401	94.6
	Living in relationship	18	4.2
	Others ^a	5	1.2
Religion	Orthodox Christian	362	85.4
	Muslims	45	10.6
	Others ^b	17	4.0
Occupation	Homemaker	204	48.1
	Farmer	13	3.1
	Civil servant	98	23.1
	Merchant	51	12.0
	Unemployed	17	4.0
	Others^c	41	9.7
Work status in week/hour	None	10	2.4
	0–20 h	172	40.6
	20–40 h	124	29.2
	more than 40 h	118	27.8
Work type	very heavy	8	1.9
	Heavy	52	2.3
	Fair	79	42.2
	Light	164	38.7
	Very light	21	5.0
Work satisfaction	very bad	6	1.4
	Bad	13	3.1
	Fair	60	14.2
	Good	271	63.9
	Very good	74	17.5
Level of education	No formal school	93	21.9
	Primary school	90	21.2
	Secondary school	82	19.3
	Diploma	87	20.5
	Degree and above	72	17.1
Income (ETB/month)	< 1000	122	28.8
	1000–2000	91	21.5
	2001–3000	82	19.3
	> 3000	129	30.4
Smoking habit	Never	422	99.5
	Past smoker	1	0.2
	Current smoker	1	0.2
Drinking alcohol habit	Never	309	72.9
	Past alcoholic	30	7.1
	Current alcoholic	85	20.0
Physical activity	No	329	77.8
Physical activity	Yes	95	14.2
Self-rated health status	very good	219	51.7
	Quite good	122	28.8
	Fair	45	10.6
	Quite poor	28	6.6
	Poor	10	2.4

^a − divorced and singles; ^b − protestant, catholic;^c-students and daily labours

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