Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of neonates and their index mothers admitted at two selected Public Referral Hospitals in the Northwest Ethiopia: 2019

Maternal age

 < 20

28

7.6%

20–34

232

63.0%

 >  = 35

108

29.4%

Marital status

Single

32

8.7%

Widow

26

7.1%

Married

310

84.2%

Maternal religion

Orthodox

231

62.8%

Muslim

92

25.0%

Protestant

45

12.2%

Maternal occupation

Housewife

153

41.6%

Civil servants

94

25.5%

private employed

48

13.0%

Business woman

73

19.8%

Neonatal sex

Male

169

45.9%

Female

199

54.1%