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Table 3 Cross-tabulation Birth Weight Category and Features

From: Machine learning algorithms for predicting low birth weight in Ethiopia

 

LBW %

NBW %

 

LBW %

NBW %

Delivery by caesarean section

Taking Iron Pills, Sprinkles Or Syrup

No

13.5

86.5

No

14.2

85.8

Yes

9.5

90.5

Yes

5.8

94.2

Residence

Occupation

Urban

10.9

89.1

Not Working

13.3

86.7

Rural

15.4

84.6

Working

13.1

86.9

Smokes Cigarettes

Sex Of Child

No

13.2

86.8

Male

10.9

89.1

Yes

9.6

90.4

Female

15.6

84.4

Health Insurance

Child Is Twin

No

13.2

86.8

Single Birth

12.3

87.7

Yes

13.8

86.2

Multiple Birth

39.9

60.1

Under Age 18 (Mothers’)

Current Marital Status

Under Age 18

44.9

55.1

Not Married

10.8

89.2

Age 18 Or Older

13

87

Married

13.4

86.6

Sign Of Complexity During ANC

Nutritional Counseling

No

13.9

86.1

No

15.1

84.9

Yes

12.5

87.5

Yes

12.1

87.9

Educational Level

Wealth Index Combined

No Education

18.3

81.7

Poor

15.7

84.3

Primary

11

89

Middle

17.3

82.7

Secondary >  = 

11.3

88.7

Rich

11.7

88.3

Anemia Level

Desirability Of The Pregnancy

Severe

53.9

46.1

Then

14

86

Moderate

13.6

86.4

Later

9.9

90.1

Mild

16.7

83.3

No More

8.7

91.3

Not Anemic

12.4

87.6

   

Religion

Ethnicity

Orthodox

13.4

86.6

Amhara

15.8

84.2

Muslim

15.8

84.2

Oromo

16.3

83.7

Protestant

9.6

90.4

Tigrie

6.5

93.5

Others

1.6

98.4

Somalie

10

90

   

Guragie

16.7

83.3

   

Other

10.4

89.6

Ethnicity

Parity

Amhara

15.8

84.2

1

9.8

90.2

Oromo

16.3

83.7

2

13.1

86.9

Tigrie

6.5

93.5

3

17.5

82.5

Somali

10

90

4

18.7

81.3

Guragie

16.7

83.3

5 + 

12.4

87.6

Other

10.4

89.6

   
  1. LBW denotes Low Birth Weight; NBW denotes Normal Birth Weight