Attributes | Pre-term | Full-term | Total | p value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Gender of the newborn baby | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Male | 36 | 31.9 | 265 | 37.6 | 301 | 36.8 | 0.237 |
Female | 77 | 68.1 | 439 | 62.4 | 516 | 63.2 | Â |
Maternal age [years] | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
15 to 24 | 44 | 38.9 | 340 | 48.3 | 384 | 47.0 | 0.018 |
25 to 34 | 43 | 38.1 | 270 | 38.4 | 313 | 38.3 | Â |
35 to 49 | 26 | 23.0 | 94 | 13.4 | 120 | 14.7 | Â |
Residence | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Rural | 84 | 74.3 | 525 | 74.6 | 609 | 74.5 | 0.957 |
Urban | 29 | 25.7 | 179 | 25.4 | 208 | 25.5 | Â |
Maternal marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Married | 62 | 54.9 | 307 | 43.6 | 369 | 45.2 | 0.082 |
Cohabiting | 43 | 38.1 | 338 | 48.0 | 381 | 46.6 | Â |
Single | 8 | 7.1 | 59 | 8.4 | 67 | 8.2 | Â |
Maternal level of education | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
No formal education | 8 | 7.1 | 64 | 9.1 | 72 | 8.8 | 0.410 |
Primary | 64 | 56.6 | 438 | 62.2 | 502 | 61.4 | Â |
Secondary | 37 | 32.7 | 180 | 25.6 | 217 | 26.6 | Â |
Tertiary | 4 | 3.5 | 22 | 3.1 | 26 | 3.2 | Â |
Occupation | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Government employed | 8 | 7.1 | 49 | 7.0 | 57 | 7.0 | 0.404 |
Business | 14 | 12.4 | 87 | 12.4 | 101 | 12.4 | Â |
Farmer | 72 | 63.7 | 392 | 55.7 | 464 | 56.8 | Â |
House wife | 16 | 14.2 | 155 | 22.0 | 171 | 20.9 | Â |
Others | 3 | 2.7 | 21 | 3.0 | 24 | 2.9 | Â |
Socio-class category | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Social category 1x | 21 | 18.6 | 116 | 16.5 | 137 | 16.8 | 0.678 |
Social category 2y | 57 | 50.4 | 386 | 54.8 | 443 | 54.2 | Â |
Social category 3z | 35 | 31.0 | 202 | 28.7 | 237 | 29.0 | Â |
Maternal alcohol use during pregnancy | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Yes | 27 | 23.9 | 147 | 20.9 | 174 | 21.3 | 0.468 |
No | 86 | 76.1 | 557 | 79.1 | 643 | 78.7 | Â |
Maternal smoking during pregnancy | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Yes | 2 | 1.8 | 3 | 0.4 | 5 | 0.6 | 0.089 |
No | 111 | 98.2 | 701 | 99.6 | 812 | 99.4 | Â |
Partner’s smoking status |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Yes | 17 | 15.0 | 57 | 8.1 | 74 | 9.1 | 0.017 |
No | 96 | 85.0 | 647 | 91.9 | 743 | 90.9 | Â |