Research Article
Inadequate Prenatal Visit and Home Delivery as Determinants of Perinatal Outcomes: Does Parity Matter?
Table 1
Distribution of sociodemographic characteristics by perinatal outcomes in HUCSH & AGH, Southern Ethiopia, September 2018.
| Variables | Adverse perinatal outcomes, n (%) | P value | Yes (115) | No (346) |
| Maternal age | | | | ≤20 | 2 (15.38) | 11 (84.62) | 0.324 | 21-34 | 89 (23.99) | 282 (76.01) | | >34 | 24 (31.17) | 53 (68.83) | |
| Residence | | | | Rural | 47 (32.64) | 97 (67.36) | 0.010 | Urban | 68 (21.45) | 249 (78.55) | |
| Religion | | | | Protestant | 71 (26.59) | 196 (73.41) | 0.341 | Orthodox | 18 (18.56) | 79 (81.44) | | Muslim | 26 (27.37) | 69 (72.63) | | Others | 0 (0.00) | 2 (100.00) | |
| Region | | | | SNNPR | 64 (21.84) | 229 (78.16) | 0.040 | Amhara | 10 (22.22) | 35 (77.78) | | Oromo | 45 (34.45) | 78 (65.55) | | Others | 0 (0.00) | 4 (100.00) | |
| Marital status | | | | Married | 115 (25.27) | 340 (74.73) | 0.344 | Others | 0 (0.00) | 6 (100.00) | |
| Mothers’ education | | | | None | 40 (36.36) | 70 (63.64) | 0.001 | Read and write only | 2 (5.13) | 37 (94.87) | | Primary | 37 (23.57) | 120 (76.43) | | Secondary | 20 (26.32) | 56 (73.68) | | College and above | 16 (20.25) | 63 (79.75) | |
| Mothers’ occupation | | | | Housewife | 83 (28.23) | 211 (71.77) | 0.096 | Government employee | 15 (18.75) | 65 (81.25) | | Self-employed | 17 (19.54) | 70 (80.46) | |
| Income | | | | Lower tertile | 50 (30.67) | 113 (69.33) | 0.105 | Middle tertile | 34 (22.52) | 117 (77.48) | | Upper tertile | 31 (21.09) | 116 (78.91) | |
| Husband education | | | | None | 22 (37.29) | 37 (62.71) | 0.001 | Read and write only | 5 (10.64) | 42 (89.36) | | Primary | 30 (24.00) | 95 (76.00) | | Secondary | 33 (34.74) | 62 (65.26) | | College and above | 25 (18.52) | 110 (81.48) | |
| Husband occupation | | | | Farmer | 57 (34.13) | 110 (65.87) | 0.003 | Government employee | 28 (20.29) | 110 (79.71) | | Self-employed | 30 (19.23) | 126 (80.77) | |
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Fisher’s exact test; AGH: Adare General Hospital; HUCSH: Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital; SNNPR: Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Region. |