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Table 2 Obstetrics and other gynecologic related characteristics of respondents at public health facilities of Gamo and South Omo Zone, 2023

From: 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

S.No

Variables

Choices

Cases

Controls

Frequency

Percent

Frequency

Percent

1

Age at first marriage

 < 19

70

46.1

236

38.8

 ≥ 20

82

53.9

372

61.2

2

Have you Ever been pregnant before?

Yes

77

50.7

515

84.7

No

75

49.3

93

15.3

3

Age at first pregnancy

 ≥ 19

20

26

143

27.8

 ≥ 20

57

74

372

72.8

4

Number of pregnancy

1–3

71

92.2

412

80,0

4–9

6

7.8

103

20.0

5

Did you deliver a child?

Yes

48

62.3

501

97.3

No

29

37.7

14

2.7

6

Number of child delivered

1- 4

48

100

457

91.2

 ≥ 5

0

 

44

8.8

7

History of Abortion

Yes

33

21.7

58

9.5

No

119

78.3

550

90.5

8

Number of abortions

1

18

91.4

53

54.5

 ≥ 2

5

8.6

15

45.5

9

History of Still birth

Yes

5

3.3

29

4.8

No

147

96.7

579

95.2

10

Outcome of your last pregnancy

Live birth

47

61.0

582

95.7

Abortion

27

35.1

5

0.8

Still birth

3

3.9

21

3.5

11

Number of living children

0–4

48

100

463

92.4

5–8

0

 

38

7.6

12

Family history of infertility

Yes

11

7.2

106

17.4

No

141

92.8

502

82.6

13

Contraceptive ever used

Yes

22

14.5

255

41.9

No

130

85.5

353

58.1

14

Duration of modern contraceptive use

 ≤ 3 years

14

63.6

167

65.5

 ≥ 4 years

8

36.4

88

34.5

15

Pattern of your last three menstrual cycle

Regular

104

68.4

445

73.2

Irregular

48

31.6

163

26.8

16

When did you see your menses

Before first sexual intercourse

147

97.4

597

98.2

After first sexual intercourse

4

2.6

11

1.8