Determinants of infertility among married women who attend gynecologic unit at health facilities of Gamo Zone and South Omo Zone, Southern Ethiopia: a case control study

Table 1 Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of study participants who attend care at public health facilities of Gamo and south Omo zone 2023

S.No	Variables	Choices	Cases		Controls
S.No	Variables	Choices	Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent
1	Age	< 30	98	64.5	449	73.8
1	Age	> = 30	54	35.6	159	26.2
2	Educational status	No formal education	40	26.5	99	16.3
		Elementary	51	33.8	127	20.9
		High school	34	22.4	210	34.5
		College or university	26	17.8	172	28.3
3	Residence	Urban	50	32.9	389	57.8
3	Residence	Rural	102	67.1	219	42.2
4	Occupation	Housewife	91	59.9	342	57
		farmer	30	19.7	56	9.2
		Private business/merchant	5	3.3	69	11.3
		Government employee	19	12.5	130	21.4
		Daily laborer	6	3.9	11	1.8
		Other	1	0.7	0
5	Religion	Orthodox	52	34.2	237	39
		Protestant	98	64.5	330	54.3
		Muslim	2	1.3	41	6.7
6	Duration of marriage	< 5 years	78	51.3	319	52.5
		5–10 years	43	28.3	174	28.6
		> 10 years	31	20.4	115	18.9
7	Is your current marriage first?	Yes	143	94.1	594	97.7
7	Is your current marriage first?	No	9	5.9	14	2.3
8	Income	< 5000	82	53.9	206	33.9
8	Income	> = 5000	70	46.1	402	64.1
9	Husband’s educational status	No formal education	26	17.1	84	13.8
		Elementary	20	13.2	52	8.6
		High school	62	40.8	183	30.1
		College or university	44	28.9	289	47.5
10	Husband’s occupation	Farmer	29	19.1	157	25.8
		Private business/merchant	53	34.9	123	20.6
		Government employee	56	36.8	274	45.1
		Daily laborer	14	9.2	52	8.6
11	Family size	< 4	145	95.4	373	61.3
11	Family size	> 5	7	4.6	235	38.7

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