Congenital anomalies prevalence in Addis Ababa and the Amhara region, Ethiopia: a descriptive cross-sectional study

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants, Addis Ababa and the Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2016

Variable	Addis Ababa(n = 1076)		Amhara Region(n = 442)		Total
Variable	Number	(%)	Number	(%)	Number	(%)
Child Gender
Male	609	56.6	265	60	874	57.6
Female	467	43.4	177	40	644	42.4
Child Age
0-4 year	909	84.5	380	86	1289	84.9
5-9 year	109	10.1	50	11.3	159	10.5
10-14 year	52	4.8	11	2.5	63	4.2
13-17 year	6	0.6	1	0.2	7	0.5
Residence
Urban	628	58.4	167	37.8	795	52.4
Rural	448	41.6	275	62.2	723	47.6
Children mother age
< 20 years	60	5.6	16	3.6	76	5
20-35 years	937	87.1	323	73.1	1260	83
> 35 years	79	7.3	103	23.3	182	12
Marital status of mothers
Married	973	90.4	397	89.8	1370	90.3
Never married	58	5.4	29	6.6	87	5.7
Divorced/widowed	45	4.2	16	3.7	61	4
Occupation(child mother)
Housewife	611	56.8	249	56.3	860	56.65
Farmer	103	9.6	120	27.1	223	14.69
Employee	208	19.3	27	6.1	235	15.48
Merchant	51	4.7	24	5.4	75	4.94
Other^a	103	15.8	22	5	125	8.23
Occupation(child father)
Employee	469	43.6	92	20.8	560	36.89
Farmer	333	30.9	276	62.4	609	40.12
Jobless	158	14.7	52	11.8	210	13.83
Student	93	8.6	17	3.9	110	7.25
Other^a	23	2.1	5	1.1	28	1.84
Wealth quantile
Low income	467	43.4	179	40.5	646	42.55
Middle income	521	48.4	223	50.5	744	49.01
High income	88	8.2	40	9.0	128	8.43
Educational level
No education	366	34	248	56.1	614	40.4
Primary school(1-8th grade)	348	32.3	119	26	467	30.8
Secondary school(9-12grade)	251	23.3	53	12.0	304	20.02
College and above	111	10.4	22	5	133	8.76

Others^a = Somali, Afar, Guragie, Argoba Benishangul, merchant, jobless, student, nomad

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