Table 1 Characteristics of Pregnant women (N = 284) at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June to August 2014
Variables | Frequency | Percentage (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age group (years) | ≤20 | 16 | 5.6 |
21–25 | 93 | 32.7 | |
26–30 | 118 | 41.5 | |
31–35 | 43 | 15.1 | |
≥36 | 14 | 4.9 | |
Occupation | Farmer | 16 | 5.6 |
Housewife | 164 | 57.7 | |
Government | 24 | 8.5 | |
Student | 8 | 2.8 | |
Private | 72 | 25.4 | |
Educational status | Illiterate | 42 | 14.8 |
Elementary | 115 | 40.5 | |
Secondary | 54 | 19.0 | |
Preparatory | 23 | 8.1 | |
University/college | 50 | 17.6 | |
Residence | Rural | 23 | 8.1 |
Urban | 261 | 91.9 | |
Trimester | 1st trimester | 48 | 16.9 |
2nd trimester | 66 | 23.2 | |
3rd trimester | 170 | 59.9 | |