Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of mothers participated in the study, Butajira Ethiopia, 2018–2019
From: Intrauterine growth pattern in Butajira HDSS, Southern Ethiopia: BUNMAP pregnancy cohort
Age | |
15–24 | 232 (31.1) |
25–34 | 467 (62.6) |
35–44 | 47 (6.3) |
Educational status | |
Completed College/ University | 11(1.5) |
Completed secondary education | 75 (10.1) |
Primary (grade 1–8) | 358 (48) |
Read &write | 82 (11) |
illiterate | 220 (29.5) |
Ethnicity | |
Guragie | 532 (71.3) |
Siltie | 161 (21.6) |
Other | 53 (7.1) |
Religion | |
Muslim | 638 (85.5) |
Orthodox | 74 (9.9) |
protestant | 34 (4.6) |
Occupation | |
Housewife | 564 (75.6) |
Farmer | 70 (9.4) |
Merchant | 66 (8.8) |
Other | 46 (6.2) |
Residency | |
Urban | 149 (20) |
Rural | 597(80) |
Hemoglobin (n = 731) | |
< 11gm/dl | 61 (8.2) |
≥ 11gm/dl | 670 (89.8) |