Prevalence and Risk Factors of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus among Women Attending Antenatal Care in Hadiya Zone Public Hospitals, Southern Nation Nationality People Region

Table 2

Selected sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants attending antenatal care at public hospitals in Hadiya Zone, Southern Ethiopia: August 2019-December 2020 ().

Variables	Categories	n (%)
Maternal age in years	≤25	173 (41.2)
	25 to 29	85 (20.3)
	30 to 34	63 (15)
	≥35	99 (23.6)
Spouse’s education	Primary education	70 (16.7)
	Secondary education and above	350 (83.3)
Spouse’s occupation	Government employee	239 (56.9)
	NGO employee	41 (9.8)
	Daily laborer	140 (33.3)
Religion	Orthodox	35 (8.3)
	Muslim	43 (10.2)
	Protestant	316 (75.2)
	Catholic	26 (6.2)
Monthly income in birr	<1500	259 (61.7)
	1500-2499	41 (9.8)
	2500-3999	39 (9.3)
	≥4000	81 (19.3)
Occupational status mothers	Housewife	300 (71.4)
	Government employee	94 (22.4)
	NGO employee	26 (6.2)
Marital status mothers	Single	21 (5)
	Married	280 (66.7)
	Divorced	86 (20.5)
	Widowed	33 (7.9)
Education of mother	Primary education	146 (34.8)
	Secondary education and above	274 (65.2)
Ethnicity	Hadiya	190 (45.2)
	Kembata	84 (20)
	Tigre	25 (6)
	Gurage	17 (4)
	Silte	53 (12.6)
	Wolaita	11 (1.5)
Residence	Urban	210 (50)
	Rural	210 (50)