Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of married women in the reproductive age in Fagitalekoma Woreda, Awi zone, North Western Ethiopia, March, 2011 [n=682]
Variables | Frequency | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age of women | 15-24 | 130 | 19.1% |
25-34 | 307 | 45.0% | |
35-44 | 198 | 29.0% | |
44+ | 47 | 6.9% | |
Ethnicity | Amhara | 446 | 65.4% |
Agew | 236 | 34.6% | |
Religion | Orthodox | 678 | 99.4% |
Muslim | 2 | 0.3% | |
Protestant | 2 | 0.3% | |
Educational status of women | Illiterate | 407 | 59.7% |
Read and write | 102 | 15.0% | |
1-6 grades | 80 | 11.7% | |
7-12 grade | 49 | 7.2% | |
12+ | 44 | 6.5% | |
Residence | Rural | 599 | 87.8% |
Urban | 83 | 12.2% | |
Occupational status of women | House wife | 552 | 80.9% |
Farmer | 48 | 7.0% | |
Merchant | 14 | 2.1% | |
Government employee | 50 | 7.3% | |
Private or NGOs employee | 18 | 2.6% | |
Income contribution by women (USD) | <89.30 | 44 | 35.5% |
89.30-332.21 | 39 | 31.5% | |
>332.21 | 41 | 33.1% |