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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics and sanitary conditions of the P-MaMiE cohort at baseline, and the rate of follow-up at six and twelve months from the date of birth

From: The effect of maternal common mental disorders on infant undernutrition in Butajira, Ethiopia: The P-MaMiE study

Characteristics

 

6 month follow-up

12 month follow-up

 

Baseline sample n(%) or Mean(SD)

Number

Percent or mean(SD)

Number

Percent or mean(SD)

Religion

     

   Muslim

824(77.6)

673

77.2

722

78.0

   Orthodox Christian

161(15.1)

133

15.3

139

15.0

   Protestant

66(6.2)

56

6.4

55

5.9

   Catholic

12(1.1)

10

1.2

10

1.1

Ethnicity

     

   Meskan

485(44.5)

404

46.3

436

47.1

   Mareko

147(13.8)

119

13.7

123

13.3

   Silti

257(24.1)

199

22.8

218

23.5

   Sodo

85(8.0)

69

7.9

68

7.3

   Others

91(9.6)

81

9.3

81

8.8

Currently married

1055(99.1)

824

99.1

867

99.0

Occupation

     

   Housewife or farming

933(87.9)

758

87.1

805

87.1

   Self or paid employee

129(12.2)

112

12.9

119

12.9

Maternal age in years (n = 1065)

26.9(6.4)

872

26.9(6.2)

926

26.9(6.2)

Educational status of mother

     

   Formal education

219(20.6)

173

19.8

185

20.0

   No formal education

846(79.4)

699

80.2

741

80.0

Age of husband in years (n = 1050)

36.2(9.2)

858

36.0(8.3)

911

36.1(8.9)

Educational status of husband

     

   Able to read

726(68.6)

594

68.5

632

68.7

   Unable to read

333(31.4)

273

31.5

288

31.3

Main source of water

     

   Protected supply

752(70.8)

600

69.0

644

69.7

   Unprotected supply

310(29.2)

270

31.0

280

30.3

Sanitary condition

     

   Have toilet facilities

674(63.3)

552

63.3

582

62.9

   No proper toilet facilities

391(36.7)

320

36.7

344

37.2

Rubbish disposal

     

   Buries, burns or others

238(22.4)

192

22.0

200

21.6

   Disposes on field

826(77.6)

679

78.0

725

78.4