Research Article
Determinants of Low Birth Weight among Newborns Delivered at Public Hospitals in Sidama Zone, South Ethiopia: Unmatched Case-Control Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants from public health hospitals of Sidama Zone, South Ethiopia, 2019.
| | Variables | Cases
No. (%) | Controls
No. (%) | value |
| | Sex of the newborn | | | | | Male | 61 (51.7) | 140 (59.3) | 0.173 | | Female | 57 (48.3) | 96 (40.7) | | | Maternal age | | | | | <20 years | 21 (17.8) | 33 (14.0) | | | 20 to 34 years | 81 (68.6) | 176 (74.6) | 0.491 | | ≥35 years | 16 (13.6) | 27 (11.4) | | | Residence | | | | | Urban | 38 (32.2) | 139 (58.9) | 0.001 | | Rural | 80 (67.8) | 97 (41.1) | | | Marital status | | | | | Married | 107 (90.7) | 215 (91.1) | 0.899 | | Separated and divorced | 11 (9.3) | 21 (8.9) | | | Maternal level of education | | | | | Unable to read and write | 57 (48.3) | 75 (31.8) | | | Primary school | 31 (26.3) | 74 (31.4) | 0.003 | | Secondary school | 22 (18.6) | 50 (21.2) | | | Above secondary | 8 (6.8) | 37 (15.7) | | | Occupation of mother | | | | | Housewife | 47 (39.8) | 81 (34.3) | | | Merchant | 21 (17.8) | 50 (21.2) | | | Farmer | 16 (13.6) | 41 (17.4) | 0.624 | | Student | 20 (16.9) | 32 (13.6) | | | Employed | 14 (11.9) | 32 (13.6) | | | Wealth index of household | | | | | Lowest | 31 (26.3) | 58 (24.6) | | | Second | 13 (11.0) | 39 (16.5) | 0.453 | | Middle | 21 (17.8) | 46 (19.5) | | | Fourth | 34 (28.8) | 51 (21.6) | | | Highest | 19 (16.1) | 42 (17.8) | | | MUAC | | | | | <23 cm | 58 (49.2) | 38 (16.1) | 0.001 | | ≥23 cm | 60 (50.8) | 198 (83.9) | | | Height | | | | | <150 cm | 15 (12.7) | 13 (5.5) | 0.018 | | ≥150 cm | 103 (87.3) | 223 (94.5) | | | Minimum dietary diversity | | | | | Inadequate | 107 (90.7) | 148 (62.7) | 0.001 | | Adequate | 11 (9.3) | 88 (37.3) | |
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