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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of women by their knowledge in Haramaya district, eastern Ethiopia, 2012 (n = 757)

From: Antenatal care utilization increase the odds of women knowledge on neonatal danger sign: a community-based study, eastern Ethiopia

Character

Total

Neonatal knowledge

Knowledgeable

Non-knowledgeable

Age of women in year

 ≤ 25

534 (70.54%)

53 (9.93)

481 (90.07)

 > 25

223 (29.46%)

18 (8.07)

205 (91.93)

Residence

 Urban

197 (26.02%)

17 (8.63)

180 (91.37)

 Rural

560 (73.98%)

54 (9.64)

506 (90.36)

Ethnic group

 Oromo

724 (95.64%)

69 (9.53)

655 (90.47)

 Others

33 (4.36%)

2 (6.06)

31 (93.94)

Educational status

 Literate

207 (27.34%)

26 (12.56)

181 (87.44)

 Illiterate

550 (72.66%)

45 (8.18)

505 (91.82)

Occupation

 House wife

453 (59.84%)

47 (10.38)

406 (89.62)

 Others

304 (40.16%)

24 (7.89)

280 (92.11)

Marital status

 Married

706 (93.26%)

64 (9.07)

642 (90.93)

 Others

51 (6.74%)

7 (13.73)

44 (86.27)

Number of delivery

 1–2

291 (38.44%)

18 (6.19)

273 (93.81)

 3–4

307 (40.55%)

32 (10.42)

275 (89.58)

 ≥ 5

159 (21.01%)

21 (13.21)

138 (86.79)

History of abortion

 Yes

106 (14.00%)

10 (9.43)

96 (90.57)

 No

651 (86.00%)

61 (9.37)

590 (90.63)

Pace of delivery

 Home

657 (86.79%)

48 (7.31)

609 (92.69)

 Institution

100 (13.21%)

23 (23.00)

77 (77.00)

ANC follow up

 Yes

323 (42.67%)

49 (15.17)

274 (84.83)

 No

434 (57.33%)

22 (5.07)

412 (94.93)