Table 1 Distribution of socio-economic and demographic characteristics among mothers of cases and controls in public health facilities of Dessie Town, Northeast Ethiopia, 2017
Variables | Cases | Controls | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
Infant sex | |||
 Male | 49 (52.7) | 117 (62.9) | 166 (59.5) |
 Female | 44 (47.3) | 69 (37.1) | 113 (40.5) |
Maternal age (year) | |||
 ≤ 20 | 9 (9.7) | 32 (17.2) | 41 (14.7) |
 21–35 | 77 (82.8) | 147 (79.6) | 225 (80.6) |
 > 35 | 7 (7.5) | 6 (3.2) | 13 (4.7) |
Residence | |||
 Rural | 41 (44.1) | 75 (40.3) | 116 (41.6) |
 Urban | 52 (55.9) | 111 (59.7) | 163 (58.4) |
Religion | |||
 Muslim | 69 (74.2) | 140 (75.3) | 209 (74.9) |
 Orthodox | 20 (21.5) | 42 (22.6) | 62 (22.2) |
 Others | 4 (4.3) | 4 (2.2) | 8 (2.9) |
Ethnicity | |||
 Amhara | 77 (82.8) | 168 (90.3) | 245 (87.8) |
 Oromo | 10 (10.8) | 7 (3.8) | 17 (6.1) |
 Gurage or Tigrae | 6 (6.5) | 11 (5.9) | 17 (6.1) |
Marital status | |||
 Married | 87 (93.5) | 172 (92.5) | 259 (92.8) |
 single, separated or divorced | 6 (6.5) | 14 (7.5) | 20 (7.2) |
Maternal Educational | |||
 Informal education | 32 (34.4) | 32 (17.2) | 64 (23.0) |
 Formal education | 61 (65.6) | 154 (82.8) | 214 (77.0) |
Maternal Occupation | |||
 Employed | 17 (18.3) | 63 (33.9) | 80 (28.7) |
 Merchant | 5 (5.4) | 24 (12.9) | 29 (10.4) |
 Housewife | 65 (69.9) | 91 (48.9) | 156 (55.9) |
 Others | 6 (6.5) | 8 (4.3) | 14 (5.0) |
Wealth index | |||
 Lower | 58 (62.4) | 101 (54.3) | 159 (57.0) |
 Middle | 16 (17.2) | 49 (26.3) | 65 (23.3) |
 Upper | 19 (20.4) | 36 (19.4) | 55 (19.7) |