| Variables | Cases (n = 151) number (%) | Controls (n = 151) number (%) | Total number (%) | ||
| Sex respondents | |||||
| Female | 87 (57.6%) | 105 (69.5%) | 192 (63.6%) | ||
| Male | 64 (42.4%) | 46 (30.5%) | 110 (36.4%) | ||
| Age of respondents | |||||
| 20 - 29 | 48 (31.8%) | 98 (64.9%) | 146 (48.3%) | ||
| 30 - 39 | 73 (48.3%) | 42 (27.8) | 115 (38.1%) | ||
| 40 - 49 | 30 (19.9%) | 11 (7.3%) | 41 (13.6%) | ||
| Religions | |||||
| Protestant | 75 (49.7%) | 96 (63.6%) | 171 (56.6%) | ||
| Orthodox | 22 (14.6%) | 22 (14.6%) | 44 (14.6%) | ||
| Muslim | 53 (35.1%) | 32 (21.2%) | 85 (28.1%) | ||
| Others | 1 (0.7%) | 1 (0.7%) | 2 (0.7%) | ||
| Ethnic group | |||||
| Hadiya | 112 (70.9%) | 121 (80.1%) | 233 (77.2%) | ||
| Silte | 22 (14.6%) | 16 (10.6%) | 38 (12.6%) | ||
| Gurage | 7 (4.6%) | 6 (4.0%) | 13 (4.3%) | ||
| Amhara | 7 (4.6%) | 7 (4.6%) | 14 (4.6%) | ||
| Others | 3 (2.0%) | 1 (0.7%) | 4 (1.3%) | ||
| Residences | |||||
| Rural | 126 (83.4%) | 105 (69.5%) | 231 (76.5%) | ||
| Urban | 25 (16.6%) | 46 (30.5%) | 71 (23.5%) | ||
| Marriage types | |||||
| Polygamy | 53 (33.8%) | 16 (9.3%) | 69 (22.8%) | ||
| Monogamy | 98 (64.9%) | 135 (89.4%) | 233 (77.2%) | ||
| Family size | |||||
| ≤3 | 20 (13.2%) | 30 (19.9%) | 50 (16.6%) | ||
| 4 - 6 | 77 (51.0%) | 82 (54.3%) | 159 (52.6%) | ||
| >6 | 54 (35.8%) | 39 (25.8%) | 93 (30.8%) | ||
| Age of children/M | |||||
| 1 - 12 | 44 (29.1%) | 58 (38.4%) | 102 (33.8%) | ||
| 13 - 24 | 48 (31.8%) | 56 (37.1%) | 104 (34.4%) | ||
| >24 | 59 (39.1%) | 37 (24.5%) | 96 (31.8%) | ||
| Sex of children | |||||
| Female | 101 (66.9%) | 43 (28.5%) | 144 (47.7%) | ||
| Male | 50 (33.1%) | 108 (71.5%) | 158 (52.3%) | ||
| Mother’s education | |||||
| Illiterate | 63 (41.7%) | 15 (9.9%) | 78 (25.8%) | ||
| Read and write | 36 (23.8%) | 8 (5.3%) | 44 (14.6%) | ||
| Primary school | 34 (22.5%) | 31 (20.5%) | 65 (21.5%) | ||
| Secondary school | 16 (10.6%) | 84 (55.6%) | 100 (33.1%) | ||
| Above secondary | 2 (1.3%) | 13 (8.6%) | 15 (5.0%) | ||