Table 1: Sociodemographic characteristics of patients with second trimester pregnancy who were included in the study at Saint Paul hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Category | Frequency | Percentage (%) | |
Age (years) | < 20 | 17 | 16.7 |
Between 20 and 35 | 83 | 81.4 | |
> 35 | 2 | 2 | |
Marital status | Married | 60 | 58.8 |
Separated | 2 | 2 | |
Single | 35 | 34.3 | |
Divorced | 5 | 4.9 | |
Place of residency | Out of Addis | 42 | 41.2 |
Addis | 60 | 58.8 | |
Reproductive Performance | Multi gravida | 52 | 51 |
Primigravida | 50 | 49 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 65 | 63.7 |
Muslim | 23 | 22.5 | |
Protestant | 14 | 13.7 | |
Occupation | House wife | 38 | 37.3 |
Private employed | 14 | 14.7 | |
Gov. Employed | 17 | 14.2 | |
Student | 16 | 15.7 | |
Daily laborer | 12 | 11.8 | |
NGO employed | 5 | 4.9 | |
Educational status | Primary school | 44 | 43.1 |
University degree | 25 | 24.5 | |
Secondary school | 18 | 17.6 | |
Unable to read and write | 14 | 13.7 |