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Table 2 Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of respondents, Addis Ababa, 2013

From: Status of respectful and non-abusive care during facility-based childbirth in a hospital and health centers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Characteristics

Frequency (%)

Age in years

15-19 years

12 (6.9)

20-24 years

74 (42.8)

25-29 years

49 (28.3)

30 years and above

38 (22.0)

Total (N)

173 (100.0)

 

Mean ± SD = 25.13 ± 4.30 years

 

Religion

Orthodox

90 (52.0)

Protestant

21 (12.1)

Muslim

62 (35.8)

Total (N)

173 (100.0)

Marital status

Single

11 (6.4)

Married

160 (92.5)

Widowed

1 (0.6)

Divorced

1 (0.6)

Total (N)

173 (100.0)

Educational status

No formal education

39 (22.5)

Primary

81 (46.8)

Secondary and above

53 (30.6)

 

Total (N)

173 (100.0)

Occupation (n = 172)

Merchant

9 (5.2)

Government Employee

6 (3.5)

House wife

116 (67.4)

Student

2(1.2)

Others

39 (22.7)

Total (N)

172 (100.0)

Residential address (n = 172)

Addis Ababa

141 (82.0)

Outside Addis Ababa

31 (18.0)

Total

172 (100.0)

Estimated household monthly income in birr (n = 148)*

≤712

57 (38.5)

≥713

91 (61.5)

Total (n)

148 (100.0)

 

Median income = 1000 birr

 
  1. *1USD was equivalent to 19.23 Ethiopian Birr during the study period.