Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical distribution by maternal group
Maternal group | Total N (1373) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Pregnant women N (%) | Non-pregnant mothers of children aged under 5 years N (%) | ||
Age group | |||
< 24 | 128 (15.6) | 79 (14.2) | 207 |
25–34 | 583 (71.3) | 371 (66.8) | 954 |
35+ | 107 (13.1) | 105 (18.9) | 212 |
Socio-economic status | |||
Lower class | 140 (17.2) | 62 (11.2) | 202 |
Lower middle class | 119 (14.6) | 100 (18.0) | 219 |
Lower upper class | 492 (60.4) | 341 (61.4) | 833 |
Upper class | 63 (7.7) | 52 (9.4) | 115 |
Marital status | |||
Never married | 30 (3.7) | 12 (2.2) | 42 |
Married | 731 (89.4) | 530 (95.5) | 1261 |
Separated/widowed | 57 (7.0) | 13 (2.3) | 70 |
Education | |||
No formal education | 76 (9.3) | 21 (3.8) | 97 |
Primary | 40 (4.9) | 41 (7.4) | 81 |
Secondary | 384 (46.9) | 325 (58.6) | 709 |
Tertiary | 318 (38.9) | 168 (30.3) | 486 |
Religion | |||
Christianity | 338 (41.3) | 229 (41.3) | 567 |
Islam | 459 (56.1) | 325 (58.6) | 784 |
Traditional worshiper | 21 (2.6) | 1 (0.2) | 22 |
Status of residence | |||
Owned | 209 (25.6) | 118 (21.3) | 327 |
Not owned | 597 (73.0) | 414 (74.6) | 1011 |
Others | 12 (1.5) | 23 (4.1) | 35 |
Gravidity status | |||
Prime-gravid | 275 (33.6) | – | 275 |
Multi-gravid | 543 (66.4) | 555 (100.0) | 1098 |
Parity | |||
No child | 275 (33.6) | – | 275 |
One child | 250 (30.6) | 135 (24.3) | 385 |
Two Children | 165 (20.2) | 174 (31.4) | 339 |
Three or more children | 128 (15.6) | 246 (44.3) | 374 |
HIV status | |||
Positive | 12 (1.5) | 8 (1.4) | 20 |
Negative | 603 (73.7) | 442 (79.6) | 1045 |
Not known | 203 (24.8) | 105 (18.9) | 308 |
Blood group | |||
A | 290 (35.5) | 184 (33.3) | 474 |
B | 133 (16.3) | 131 (23.7) | 264 |
AB | 51 (6.2) | 66 (12.0) | 117 |
O | 342 (41.9) | 171 (31.0) | 513 |
Genotype | |||
AA | 574 (70.4) | 366 (65.9) | 940 |
AS | 190 (23.3) | 122 (22.0) | 312 |
AC | 41 (5.0) | 49 (8.8) | 90 |
SS | 10 (1.2) | 18 (3.2) | 28 |