Research Article
Outcomes and Associated Factors of Induction of Labor in East Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of mothers who delivered by induction of labor at East Gojjam public hospitals, northwest Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 411).
| Variables | Categories | Outcomes of labor induction | Total n (%) | Successful n (%) | Failed n (%) |
| Age of the mother | 15–24 | 73 (17.8) | 34 (8.2) | 107 (26.0) | 25–34 | 172 (41.8) | 63 (15.3) | 235 (57.2) | >34 | 44 (10.7) | 25 (6.1) | 69 (16.8) |
| BMI | <25 | 180 (43.8) | 56 (13.6) | 236 (57.4) | 25–29.9 | 105 (25.5) | 63 (15.4) | 168 (40.9) | ≥30 | 4 (1.0) | 3 (0.7) | 7 (1.7) |
| Marital status | Married | 285 (69.3) | 122 (29.7) | 407 (99.0) | Divorced/widowed | 4 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (1.0) |
| Residence | Urban | 143 (34.8) | 81 (19.7) | 224 (54.5) | Rural | 146 (35.5) | 41 (10.0) | 187 (45.5) |
| Educational status | Unable to read | 83 (20.2) | 20 (4.9) | 103 (25.1) | Able to read and write | 25 (6.1) | 11 (2.6) | 36 (8.7) | Primary school | 71 (17.3) | 25 (6.1) | 96 (23.4) | Secondary school | 57 (13.9) | 35 (8.5) | 92 (22.4) | Diploma and above | 53 (12.9) | 31 (7.5) | 84 (20.4) |
| Maternal occupation | Farmer | 111 (27.0) | 29 (7.1) | 140 (34.1) | Merchant | 70 (17.0) | 46 (11.2) | 116 (28.2) | Housewife | 59 (14.4) | 24 (5.8) | 83 (20.2) | Government employee | 48 (11.6) | 22 (5.4) | 70 (17.0) | No work | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.25) | 2 (0.5) |
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