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Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents according to distribution of vaginal infection, Northwest, Ethiopia, 2013

From: Common causes of vaginal infections and antibiotic susceptibility of aerobic bacterial isolates in women of reproductive age attending at Felegehiwot referral Hospital, Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

Variables

Number of participants

Candidiasis

Bacterial vaginosis

Trichomoniasis

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Age of participants

    

<20

31 (7.6)

1 (3.2)

1 (3.2)

0

20–29

218 (53.3)

16 (7.3)

5 (2.3)

5 (2.3)

30–39

107 (26.2)

14 (13.1)

1 (0.9)

2 (1.9)

40–49

53 (12.9)

3 (5.6)

5 (9.4)***

1(1.9)

Marital status

    

Single

54 (13.2)

2 (3.7)

2 (3.7)

0

Married

312 (76.3)

30 (9.6)

9 (2.9)

8 (25)

Divorced

43 (10.5)

2 (4.7)

1 (2.3)

0

Residence

    

Rural

116 (28.4)

8 (6.9)

7 (10.3)***

4 (3.4)

Urban

293 (71.6)

26 (8.9)*

5 (1.7)

4 (1.4)

Religion

    

Orthodox

368 (90)

27 (7.3)

12 (2.7)

6 (1.6)

Other

41 (10)

7 (17.1)***

0

2 (0.5)

Educational status

    

College and above

121 (29.6)

13 (10.7)

1 (0.8)

0

Highs school

70 (17.1)

9 (12.9)

1 (1.4)

3 (4.3)

Elementary

41 (10)

1 (2.4)

2 (4.9)

0

Read and write

39 (9.5)

4 (10.3)

2 (5.1)

0

Illiterate

138 (33.7)

7 (5.1)

6 (4.3)

5 (3.6)

Occupational status

    

Employed

131 (32)

15 (11.5)

1 (0.8)***

1 (0.8)

Farmer

104 (25.4)

9 (8.7)

8 (7.7)

3 (2.9)

Merchant

28 (6.9)

5 (17.9)***

0

1 (3.6)

Students

44 (10.8)

3 (6.8)

2 (4.5)

1 (2.3)

Unemployed

101 (24.8)

2 (2)

1 (1)

2 (2)

Total

409 (100)

34 (8.2)

12 (2.9)

8 (2)

  1. Key: *** P < 0.05