Table 2 Characteristics of study participants, Ethiopia, 2019
Variables | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Maternal age | ||
 Less than 25 years | 1615 | 34.5 |
 25–35 years | 2831 | 60.5 |
 Above 35 years | 234 | 5.0 |
 Median (IQR) | 26(22–30) |  |
Religion | ||
 Orthodox | 1057 | 22.6 |
 Protestant & Catholic | 472 | 10.1 |
 Muslim | 3148 | 67.3 |
Maternal educational status | ||
 Illiterate | 2585 | 55.2 |
 Primary | 1491 | 31.9 |
 Junior | 363 | 7.8 |
 Secondary & above | 241 | 5.1 |
Marital status | ||
 Married | 4572 | 97.7 |
 Unmarried | 108 | 2.3 |
Infants gender | ||
 Male | 2252 | 49.7 |
 Female | 2276 | 50.3 |
Birthweight | ||
 Normal birth weight | 3972 | 95.6 |
 Low birth weight | 183 | 4.4 |
Gestational age at birth | ||
 Preterm | 1442 | 34.7 |
 Term | 2717 | 65.3 |
Child illness during the infancy period | ||
 Yes | 2690 | 57.5 |
 No | 1990 | 42.5 |
Antenatal care | ||
 No ANC | 1626 | 34.8 |
 1–3 ANC visits | 1194 | 25.5 |
 4 plus visits | 1859 | 39.7 |
Place of delivery | ||
 Health facility | 2934 | 66.4 |
 TBA | 75 | 1.7 |
 Home | 1345 | 30.4 |
 Other | 66 | 1.5 |
Birth complication | ||
 Yes | 927 | 19.8 |
 No | 3753 | 80.2 |
History of spontaneous abortion | ||
 Yes | 539 | 11.5 |
 No | 4140 | 88.5 |
History of child death | ||
 Yes | 1213 | 25.9 |
 No | 3466 | 74.1 |
Intimate partner violence (total score > 10) | ||
 Yes | 417 | 8.9 |
 No | 4263 | 91.1 |
Maternal social support | ||
 Good | 2631 | 56.2 |
 Poor | 2049 | 43.8 |
Maternal social participation | ||
 Yes | 2886 | 61.7 |
 No | 1794 | 38.3 |
Household food insecurity | ||
 Secured | 1600 | 34.2 |
 Mildly insecure | 600 | 12.8 |
 Moderately insecure | 1846 | 39.4 |
 Severely insecure | 634 | 13.5 |
Wealth index | ||
 Lowest | 928 | 19.8 |
 Second | 957 | 20.4 |
 Middle | 863 | 18.4 |
 Fourth | 986 | 21.1 |
 Highest | 934 | 20.0 |