Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Pregnant Women in West Gojjam, Ethiopia, 2023

680 records from 2023 describe pregnant women attending public hospitals in Ethiopia's West Gojjam zone. The dataset, authored by Bekalu Endalew and shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license, likely contains tabular socio-demographic information. Its small size of 5.5 KB indicates a focused scope on key demographic variables.

Use Cases

• Analyze demographic distributions such as age or education level among pregnant women in West Gojjam.
• Investigate correlations between socio-demographic factors and maternal health service utilization.
• Benchmark local maternal health indicators against regional or national data.
• Support targeted public health program planning for antenatal care based on population characteristics.

Strengths

• Includes 680 individual records, providing a substantive sample for analysis.
• Has a clear temporal and geographic scope: West Gojjam, Ethiopia, 2023.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, facilitating reuse and sharing.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single zone in Ethiopia.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Bekalu Endalew.

Collection Method

Likely collected via hospital records or surveys in public hospitals.

Time Range

2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-21 17:32:58; freshness should be verified.

Geography

West Gojjam zone, Ethiopia.