Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics and birth weight among study participants in public health facilities of Bahir Dar City administration (N = 718), October 2015 to August 2016
Birth weight | Total frequency | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | low | normal | over weight | |
Age | ||||
≤ 19 | 0 (0.0%) | 34 (97.1%) | 1 (2.9%) | 35 (100.0%) |
20–24 | 20 (7.0%) | 260 (91.5%) | 4 (1.4%) | 284 (100.0%) |
25–29 | 16 (5.9%) | 245 (9.1%) | 8 (3.0%) | 269 (100.0%) |
30–34 | 7 (7.0%) | 93 (92.1%) | 1 (0.9%) | 101 (100.0%) |
≥ 35 | 13 (44.8%) | 16 (55.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 29 (100.0%) |
Residence | ||||
Urban | 43 (6.4%) | 619 (91.6%) | 14 (2.1%) | 676 (100.0%) |
Rural | 13 (31.0%) | 29 (69.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 42 (100.0%) |
Educational status | ||||
No formal education | 23 (20.9%) | 86 (78.2%) | 1 (0.9%) | 110 (100.0%) |
Primary | 15 (9.8%) | 138 (90.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 153 (100.0%) |
Secondary | 18 (4.0%) | 424 (93.1%) | 13 (2.9%) | 455 (100.0%) |
Occupation | ||||
Farmer | 13 (32.5%) | 27 (67.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 40 (100.0%) |
House wife | 31 (8.2%) | 346 (91.0%) | 3 (0.8%) | 380 (100.0%) |
Employeea | 12 (4.0%) | 275 (92.3%) | 11 (3.7%) | 298 (100.0%) |
Religion | ||||
Orthodox | 51 (7.8%) | 589 (90.2%) | 13 (2.0%) | 653 (100.0%) |
Muslim | 5 (7.9%) | 57 (90.5%) | 1 (1.6%) | 63 (100.0%) |
Protestant | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (100.0%) |
Marital status | ||||
Married | 54 (7.6%) | 641 (90.4%) | 14 (2.0%) | 709 (100.0%) |
Divorced | 1 (12.5%) | 7 (87.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 8 (100.0%) |
Widowed | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (100.0%) |
Ethnicity | ||||
Amhara | 55 (8.1%) | 619 (90.2%) | 12 (1.7%) | 686 (100.0%) |
Tigre | 1 (4.5%) | 19 (86.4%) | 2 (9.1%) | 22 (100.0%) |
Awi | 0 (0.0%) | 7 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 7 (100.0%) |
Oromo | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (100.0%) |
Grand total | 56 (7.8%) | 648 (90.3%) | 14 (1.9%) | 718 (100.0%) |