Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of the study participants, Dabat DSS site, Northwest Ethiopia, 2011 (n = 1065)
Variables | Category | Skilled birth attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|
Cases (%) | Controls (%) | ||
Residence | Urban | 166 (77.9) | 87 (10.2) |
Rural | 47 (22.1) | 765 (89.8) | |
Own Radio | Yes | 113 (53.1) | 97 (11.4) |
No | 100 (46.9) | 755 (88.6) | |
Own TV | Yes | 66 (31.0) | 18 (2.1) |
No | 147 (69.0) | 834 (97.9) | |
Maternal education | Can not read and write | 69 (32.4) | 673 (79.0) |
Primary | 29 (13.6) | 106 (12.4) | |
Secondary and above | 115 (54.0) | 73 (8.6) | |
Religion | Orthodox | 201 (94.4) | 843 (98.9) |
Muslim | 12 (5.6) | 9 (1.1) | |
Marital status | Married | 178 (83.6) | 806 (94.6) |
Single/widowed/separated | 35 (16.4) | 46 (5.4) | |
Maternal occupation | Farmer | 2 (.9) | 13 (1.5) |
Own business | 51 (23.9) | 20 (2.3) | |
House wife | 111 (52.1) | 770 (90.4) | |
Others | 49 (23.0) | 49 (5.8) | |
Maternal age | ≤19 | 18 (8.5) | 102 (12.0) |
20-34 | 155 (72.8) | 597 (70.1) | |
≥35 | 40 (18.8) | 153 (18.0) | |
Husband education | Can not read and write | 65 (30.5) | 534 (62.7) |
Primary education | 54 (25.4) | 246 (28.9) | |
Secondary and above | 94 (44.1) | 72 (8.5) | |
Husband occupation | Student | 4 (1.9) | 29 (3.4) |
Farmer | 99 (46.5) | 764 (89.7) | |
own business | 50 (23.5) | 32 (3.8) | |
Others | 60 (28.2) | 27 (3.2) | |