Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents among women aged 15–49 years, Robe Woreda, January, 2012
Variables | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Age of respondents | ||
<20 | 135 | 23.5 |
20–34 | 419 | 72.9 |
35–49 | 21 | 3.7 |
Marital status | ||
Married | 545 | 94.8 |
Separated | 16 | 2.8 |
Widowed | 7 | 1.2 |
Single | 4 | 0.7 |
Divorced | 3 | 0.5 |
Religion | ||
Muslim | 446 | 77.6 |
Orthodox | 129 | 22.4 |
Ethnicity | ||
Oromo | 545 | 94.8 |
Amhara | 30 | 5.2 |
Educational status | ||
Illiterate | 398 | 69.2 |
Read and write | 34 | 5.9 |
Primary education | 132 | 23 |
Secondary education & above | 11 | 1.9 |
Occupational status | ||
Housewife | 562 | 97.7 |
Farmer | 4 | 0.7 |
Private employee | 1 | 0.2 |
Merchant | 8 | 1.4 |
Monthly income | ||
< 131 Birr | 143 | 24.9 |
131–475 Birr | 146 | 25.4 |
476–716 Birr | 143 | 24.9 |
>716 | 143 | 24.9 |
Family size | ||
1–3 | 83 | 14.4 |
4–6 | 285 | 49.6 |
> = 7 | 207 | 36 |