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Table 1 Baseline socio-demographic and obstetric characteristics of pregnant women in West Gojjam Zone, Ethiopia

From: Effects of guided counseling during pregnancy on birth weight of newborns in West Gojjam Zone, Ethiopia: a cluster-randomized controlled trial

Variables

Intervention group (n1 = 258)

Control group (n2 = 272)

P

Frequency (%)

Frequency (%)

 

Number of clusters

11

11

 

Age (years)

 < 20

21(8.2)

13(4.8)

0.138

 20–24

47(18.2)

58(21.3)

 

 25–29

82(31.8)

68(25.0)

 

 30–34

62(24.0)

71(26.1)

 

 > =35

46(17.8)

62(22.8)

 

Religion

 Orthodox

256(99.2)

270(99.3)

0.958

 Muslim

2(0.8)

2(0.7)

 

Educational status

 Couldn’t read and write

199(77.1)

195(71.7)

0.060

 Can read and write

17(6.6)

15(5.5)

 

 Primary education

34(13.2)

39(14.3)

 

 Secondary education

8(3.1)

23(8.5)

 

Occupational status

 Housewife

120(46.5)

143(52.6)

0.163

 Farmer

138(53.5)

129(47.4)

 

Marital status

 Married

253(98.1)

271 (99.6)

0.197

 Unmarried/ Divorced

5 (1.9)

1(0.4)

 

Husband education (n = 253, n = 271)

 No formal education

190(75.1)

202(74.5)

0.988

 Primary education

45(17.8)

49(18.1)

 

 Secondary and above education

18(7.1)

20(7.4)

 

Wealth index

 Poorest

41(15.9)

51(18.7)

 

 Poor

56(21.7)

53(19.5)

0.767

 Medium

58(22.5)

54(19.9)

 

 Rich

52(20.2)

62(22.8)

 

 Richest

51(19.7)

52(19.1)

 

Family Size

 < 5

137 (53.1)

133 (48.9)

0.333

 > =5

121 (46.9)

139 (51.1)

 

Number of pregnancy

 1

57 (22.1)

57 (21.0)

0.602

 2–3

75 (29.1)

68(25.0)

 

 4–5

81 (31.4)

90 (33.1)

 

 > =6

45(17.4)

57 (20.9)

 

Number of delivery

 0

60 (23.3)

62(22.8)

 

 1–3

125 (48.4)

118 (43.4)

0.552

 4–5

55 (21.3)

68(25.0)

 

 > =6

18(7.0)

24 (8.8)

 

Sex of the child

 Male

132 (51.2)

137 (50.4)

0.813

 Female

126 (48.8)

135 (49.6)

 
  1. IG Intervention group, CG Control group