Table 1 Socio-demography and some obstetric conditions of pregnant women at Yirgalem hospital, Southern Ethiopia, 2016
Characteristics | Number (n = 494) | Percent (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age(years) | < 25 | 161 | 32.6 |
25-29 | 214 | 43.3 | |
≥30 | 119 | 24.1 | |
Residence | Urban | 333 | 67.4 |
Rural | 161 | 32.6 | |
Education | Illiterate | 59 | 11.9 |
Primary | 168 | 34.0 | |
Secondary | 166 | 33.6 | |
Tertiary | 101 | 20.4 | |
Occupation | House wife | 246 | 49.8 |
Health worker | 19 | 3.8 | |
Employed | 133 | 26.9 | |
Merchant | 52 | 10.5 | |
Student | 44 | 8.9 | |
Marital status | Married | 447 | 90.5 |
Single/divorced/widowed | 47 | 9.5 | |
Gravidity | Primigravida | 160 | 32.4 |
Multigravida(≥2) | 334 | 67.6 | |
Place of previous birth | Home | 95 | 28.4 |
(excludes primigravida) | Health institution | 239 | 71.6 |