Variable

High risk women

Not at high risk women

X²

P value

Age

15-19

4

43

37.349

0.0000

20-24

23

87

25-29

32

87

30-34

19

13

> 34

5

1

Occupational status

House wife

25

85

15.137

0.0044

Farmer

3

15

Government employ

35

47

Student

5

30

Merchant

15

45

Religion

Muslim

39

73

3.737

0.4428

Orthodox

30

80

Protestant

10

30

Catholic

3

11

Wakefata

1

7

Trimester

First

22

188

84.224

0.0000

Second

43

34

Third

18

9

Parity

Gravid one

9

51

12.517

0.0058

Gravid two

17

73

Gravid three

30

63

> gravid three

27

46

Educational status

Illiterate

22

8

80.765

0.0000

Can read and write

28

22

Grade 1-6

12

60

Grade 7-12

8

102

College/university

13

39

Monthly income in birr

≤ 1000

25

15

34.970

0.0000

1001-2000

28

70

2001-3000

21

101

> 3000

9

45