Table 3: Mother and child-related variables, Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia, February 2017, (n=1042).
| Mother and child-related variables |
Child size at birth, n (%) |
Total, n (%) |
| Small |
Medium or large |
| Sex of the child |
Female |
103 (21.7) |
372 (78.3) |
475 (45.6) |
| Male |
67 (11.8) |
500 (88.2) |
567 (54.4) |
| Full-term birth |
Yes |
152(15.0) |
864(85.0) |
1016 (97.5) |
| No |
18 (69.2) |
8 (30.8) |
26 (2.5) |
| ANC follow up |
Yes |
159 (15.7) |
852 (84.3) |
1011 (97.0) |
| No |
11 (35.5) |
20 (64.5) |
31(3.0) |
| Place of delivery |
Home delivery |
25 (27.5) |
66 (72.5) |
91 (8.7) |
| Gov’t health facility |
135 (15.4) |
740 (84.6) |
875(84.0) |
| Private health facility |
10 (13.2) |
66 (86.8) |
76 (7.3) |
| Birth order |
First child |
84 (16.2) |
434 (83.8) |
518 (49.7) |
| Second child |
50 (18.1) |
227 (81.9) |
277 (26.6) |
| Third plus child |
36 (14.6) |
211 (85.4) |
247 (23.7) |
| Birth spacing |
≤2 years |
105 (18.0) |
478 (82.0) |
583 (56.0) |
| >2 years |
65 (14.2) |
394 (85.8) |
459 (44.0) |