Variables

Number of Participants

Bacterial vaginosis

Chi square test

P value

Pos n (%)

Neg n (%)

Age group

<19

21 (8.1)

11 (52.4)

10 (47.6)

20 - 29

42 (16.3)

31 (73.8)

11 (26.2)

30 - 39

174 (67.4)

126 (72.4)

48 (27.6)

40 - 49

21 (8.1)

16 (76.2)

5 (23.8)

0.245

Marital status

Single

30 (11.6)

23 (76.7)

7 (23.3)

Married

228 (88.4)

161 (70.6)

67 (29.4)

0.491

Level of education

None

4 (1.6)

4 (100)

0 (0.0)

Primary

2 (0.8)

2 (100)

0 (0.0)

Secondary

106 (41.1)

78 (73.6)

28 (26.4)

0.18

Tertiary

146 (56.6)

100 (68.5)

46 (31.5)

Religion

Christianity

201 (77.9)

146 (72.9)

55 (27.4)

Islam

56 (21.7)

37 (66.1)

19 (33.9)

0.337

Occupation

Trader

64 (24.8)

51 (79.7)

13 (20.3)

Civil servant

110 (42.6)

80 (72.7)

30 (27.3)

0.117

Self employed

43 (16.7)

29 (67.4)

14 (32.5)

Unemployed

41 (15.9)

24 (58.5)

17 (41.5)

Residence

Rural

45 (17.4)

34 (75.6)

11 (24.4)

Urban

213 (82.6)

150 (70.4)

63 (29.6)

0.489

Monthly Income

No income

21 (8.1)

14 (66.7)

7 (33.3)

0.792

Low (<$60)

150 (58.1)

106 (70.7)

44 (29.3)

Middle ($60 - $600)

87 (33.7)

64 (73.6)

23 (26.4)

Reproductive history

Pregnant

Never pregnant

63 (24.4)

41 (65.1)

22 (34.9)

0.208

Pregnant before

195 (75.6)

143 (73.3)

52 (26.7)

Pregnant now

Yes

63 (24.4)

38 (60.3)

25 (39.7)

0.013

No

108 (41.9)

87 (80.6)

21 (19.4)

Not sure

87 (33.7)

59 (67.8)

28 (32.2)

Life birth

None

21 (8.1)

15 (71.4)

6 (28.6)

≥1 life birth

174 (67.4)

128 (73.6)

46 (26.4)

0.834

Method of child delivery

Caesarian section

84 (32.6)

56 (66.7)

28 (33.3)

Vaginal delivery

174 (67.4)

128 (73.6)

46 (26.4)

0.251

Temination of pregnancy

Abortion

43 (16.7)

30 (69.8)

13 (30.2)

0.056

Miscarriage

22 (8.5)

20 (90.9)

2 (9.1)

Number of life time sexual partners

1

86 (33.3)

58 (67.4)

28 (32.6)

2 - 5

172 (66.7)

126 (73.3)

46 (26.7)

0.33

Age at sexual debut (years)

<10

1 (0.4)

1 (100)

0 (0.0)

0.02

11 - 15

21 (8.1)

19 (90.4)

2 (9.5)

16 - 20

85 (32.9)

55 (64.7)

30 (35.3)

21 - 25

108 (41.9)

72 (66.7)

36 (33.3)

26 - 30

43 (16.7)

37 (86.0)

6 (14.0)