Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of mothers of newborns attending neonatal intensive care unit of Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Ethiopia, March 2021–November 2021 (N = 392).
From: Bacterial etiology and risk factors among newborns suspected of sepsis at Hawassa, Ethiopia
Variables | Category | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age of mothers in year | 15–19 | 6 (1.5) |
20–24 | 25 (6.4) | |
25–29 | 129 (32.9) | |
30–34 | 207 (52.8) | |
> 35 | 25 (6.4) | |
Place of residence | Urban | 259 (66.1) |
Rural | 133 (33.9) | |
Educational level | No formal education | 65 (16.6) |
Primary (1–8 Grade) | 155 (39.5) | |
Junior secondary school (9–10 Grade) | 74 (18.9) | |
Higher secondary school (11–12 Grade ) | 54 (13.8) | |
Collage level | 44 (11.2) | |
Monthly income of the house hold in ethiopian Birr | ≤ 2500.00 | 52 (13.3) |
> 2500.00 | 340 (86.7) | |
Parity | Premipara | 97 (24.7) |
Multipara | 295 (75.3) | |
Length of admission during Post-delivery in hours | < 6 h | 143 (36.5) |
6–12 | 203 (51.8) | |
13–24 | 26 (6.6) | |
25–72 | 9 (2.3) | |
> 72 h | 11 (2.8) |
