Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants and their mothers in Meskan district, Gurage Zone, South Ethiopia, March 2013
Variable | Case control | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Nº (%) | Nº (%) | ||
Sex | 0.89 | ||
Male | 65(53.7) | 65(53.7) | |
Female | 56(46.3) | 56(46.3) | |
Ethnicity | 0.80 | ||
Gurage | 113(93.4) | 113(93.4) | |
Other than Gurage | 8(6.6) | 8(6.6) | |
Maternal Religion | 0.47 | ||
Muslim | 97(80.2) | 90(74.4) | |
Orthodox | 16(13.2) | 18(14.9) | |
Protestant | 8(6.6) | 13(10.7) | |
Maternal education | 0.31 | ||
Illiterate | 68(56.2) | 59(48.8) | |
Literate | 53(43.8) | 62(51.2) | |
Maternal Occupation | 0.01 | ||
Farmer | 50(41.3) | 38(31.4) | |
Merchant | 26(21.5) | 14(11.6) | |
House wife | 45(37.2) | 69(57.0) | |
Father Occupation | 0.73 | ||
Farmer | 102(84.3) | 99(81.8) | |
Merchant | 19(15.7) | 22(18.2) | |
Maternal age (in years) | 0.63 | ||
20-24 | 6(5.0) | 9(7.4) | |
25-29 | 52(43.0) | 43(35.5) | |
30-34 | 31(25.6) | 37(30.6) | |
above 35 | 32(26.4) | 32(26.4) | |
Marital status | 0.27 | ||
Married | 110(90.9) | 118(97.5) | |
Divorced/Widowed | 11(9.1) | 3(2.5) | |
Wealth index | 0.02 | ||
1st Quartile | 35(28.9) | 24(19.8) | |
2nd Quartile | 36(29.8) | 26(21.5) | |
3rd Quartile | 29(24.0) | 31(25.6) | |
4th Quartile | 21(17.4) | 40(33.1) | |
Family size | 0.02 | ||
2-4 | 24(19.8) | 44(36.4) | |
5-7 | 73(60.3) | 60(49.6) | |
8-10 | 24(19.8) | 17(14) | |
Children age (in months) | 0.01 | ||
24-35 | 48(39.7) | 30(24.8) | |
36-47 | 48(39.7) | 46(38.0) | |
48-59 | 25(20.6) | 45(37.2) | |
Number of under 5 children | 0.001 | ||
1 | 41(33.9) | 66(54.5) | |
2 | 60(49.6) | 48(39.7) | |
3 | 20(16.5) | 7(5.8) | |
Birth order | 0.36 | ||
1-3 | 53(43.8) | 61(50.4) | |
Above 3 | 68(56.2) | 60(49.6) | |