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Table 1 Scio-demographic characteristics of pregnant women in malaria endemic areas of North-Shoa, Ethiopia

From: Asymptomatic malaria infection among pregnant women attending antenatal care in malaria endemic areas of North-Shoa, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Number (%)

Variables

Number (%)

Age groups

Marital status

< 20

17 (6.5)

Single

5 (1.9)

≥ 20

246 (93.5)

Married

251 (95.4)

Occupation

Divorced

7 (2.7)

Farmer

69 (26.2)

Parity

Merchant

62 (23.6)

Primigravidae

78 (29.7)

House wife

103 (39.2)

Secundgravidae

89 (33.8)

Government employee

29 (11.0)

Multigravidae

96 (36.5)

Educational status

Gestational age

Illiterate

49 (18.6)

1st trimester

16 (6.1)

Read/write

52 (19.8)

2nd trimester

138 (52.5)

Elementary

76 (28.9)

3rd trimester

109 (41.4)

Secondary

57 (21.7)

ANC follow up

College and above

29 (11.0)

Yes

254 (96.6)

Residence

No

9 (3.4)

Urban

106 (40.3)

Family size

Rural

157 (59.7)

1–3

153 (58.2)

ITN use

≥ 4

110 (41.8)

Always

89 (33.8)

Insecticide spray (past 12 months)

Sometimes

112 (42.6)

Yes

142 (54)

Never

62 (23.6)

No

121 (46)