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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants (N = 7590)

From: Prevalence and factors associated with vitamin K prophylaxis utilization among neonates in rural Ethiopia in 2016

Variable

Un-weighted n (%)

Weighted n (%)

Age

 Less than 20

5108(71)

5530(72.9)

 Above 20 years

2085(29)

2060(27.1)

Region

 Tigray

7729(10.7)

537 (7.1)

 Afar

647(9.0)

71 (0.9)

 Amhara

764(10.6)

1632 (21.5)

 Oromia

1031(14.3)

3129 (41.2)

 Somali

806(11.2)

269 (3.5)

 Benishangul

576(8.0)

81 (1.1)

 SNNPR

893(12.4)

1601(21.1)

 Gambela

534(7.4)

21 (0.3)

 Harari

411(5.7)

17(0.2)

Education

 No education

4359(60.6)

4791(63.1)

 Primary

1942(27)

2150(28.3)

 Secondary

577(8)

420(5.5)

 Higher

315(4.4)

230(3.0)

Religion

 Orthodox

2369(32.9)

2882(38.0)

 Catholic

49(0.7)

71(0.9)

 Protestant

1338(18.6)

1651(21.8)

 Muslin

3324(46.2)

2824(37.2)

 Traditional

64(0.9)

97(1.3)

 Other

49(0.7)

64(0.8)

Wealth index

 Poorest

2473(34.4)

1609(21.2)

 Poorer

1348(18.7)

1599(21.1)

 Middle

1228(17.1)

1602(21.1)

 Richer

1092(15.2)

1449(19.1)

 Richest

1052(14.6)

1330(17.5)

Marital status

 single

147(2.0)

153(2.0)

 married

6662(92.6)

7109(93.7)

 widowed

106(1.5)

95(1.3)

 divorced

278(3.9)

233(3.1)

Working status

 not working

4077(56.7)

4078(53.7)

 working

3116(43.3)

3512(46.3)

Place of delivery

1512(21)

969(12.8)

5681(79)

6621(87.2)