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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of pregnant women in West Gojjam Zone

From: Effect of guided counseling on nutritional status of pregnant women in West Gojjam zone, Ethiopia: a cluster-randomized controlled trial

Variables

Intervention group (n1 = 313)

Control group (n2 = 332)

P

Frequency (%)

Frequency (%)

 

Number of clusters

11

11

 

Age (years)

  < 20

25(8.0)

16(4.8)

 

 20–24

53(16.9)

74(22.3)

 

 25–29

103(32.9)

87(26.2)

0.085

 30–34

74(23.7)

84(25.3)

 

  > =35

58(18.5)

71(21.4)

 

Religion

 Orthodox

311(99.4)

330(99.4)

 

 Muslim

2(0.6)

2(0.6)

0.953

Educational status

 No formal education

260(83.1)

262(78.9)

 

 Formal education

53(16.9)

70(21.1)

0.180

Occupational status

 Housewife

149(47.6)

183(55.1)

 

 Farmer

164(52.4)

149(44.9)

0.060

Marital status

 Married

308(98.4)

331(99.7)

 

 Unmarried/ Divorced

5(1.6)

1(0.3)

0.087

Husband education (n = 308,n = 331)

 No formal education

238(77.3)

244(73.7)

 

 Primary education

50(16.2)

63(19.0)

0.575

 Secondary and above education

20(6.5)

24(7.3)

 

Wealth index

 Poorest

56(17.9)

60(18.0)

 

 Poor

72(23.0)

67(20.2)

 

 Medium

65(20.8)

62(18.7)

0.485

 Rich

56(17.9)

78(23.5)

 

 Richest

64(20.4)

65(19.6)

 

Family Size

  < 5

215(68.7)

240(72.3)

 

  > =5

98(31.3)

92(27.7)

0.316

  1. IG intervention group, CG control group