Research Article
Predictors of Preterm Birth among Mothers Who Gave Birth in Silte Zone Public Hospitals, Southern Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of mothers who gave birth in Silte Zone Public Hospitals, Southern Ethiopia (2019/20).
| | Variables | Category | Case ( and %) | Control ( and %) |
| | Age in years | ≤19 | 07 (7.7) | 16 (5.8) | | 20-34 | 64 (70.3) | 222 (81) | | ≥35 | 20 (22) | 36 (13.1) | | Residence | Rural | 55 (60.4) | 157 (57.3) | | Urban | 36 (39.6) | 117 (42.7) | | Marital status | Married | 74 (81.3) | 248 (90.5) | | Single | 09 (9.9) | 15 (5.5) | | Divorced/widowed | 08 (8.8) | 11 (4) | | Religion | Muslim | 78 (85.7) | 251 (91.6) | | Orthodox | 11 (12.1) | 16 (5.8) | | Protestant | 02 (2.2) | 07 (2.6) | | Ethnicity | Silte | 74 (81.3) | 242 (88.3) | | Gurage | 09 (9.9) | 18 (6.6) | | Hadiya | 03 (3.3) | 09 (3.3) | | Amhara | 05 (5.5) | 05 (1.8) | | Educational status | No formal education | 41 (45.1) | 125 (45.6) | | Attended 1-8 grade | 22 (24.2) | 80 (29.2) | | Attended 9-12 grade | 16 (17.6) | 46 (16.8) | | College and above | 12 (13.2) | 23 (8.4) | | Occupation | Housewife | 40 (44) | 138 (50.4) | | Government employee | 15 (16.5) | 35 (12.8) | | Self-employed | 14 (15.4) | 36 (13.1) | | Merchant | 13 (14.3) | 44 (16.1) | | Farmer | 09 (9.9) | 21 (7.7) | | Estimated monthly family income (in ETB) | <1651 | 18 (19.8) | 50 (18.2) | | 1651-3200 | 34 (37.4) | 62 (22.6) | | 3201-5250 | 24 (26.4) | 82 (29.9) | | 5251-7800 | 12 (13.2) | 44 (16.1) | | ≥7801 | 03 (3.3) | 36 (13.1) | | Family members (in number) | <4 members | 29 (31.9) | 79 (28.8) | | ≥4 members | 62 (68.1) | 195 (71.2) |
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