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Table 1 Socio-demographiccharacteristics of the respondents, Chamwino district, Central Tanzania, January, 2014 (N = 428)

From: Birth preparedness and complication readiness among recently delivered women in chamwino district, central Tanzania: a cross sectional study

Variable

Frequency

Percentage

Age years (Median 26.5, Range 16,50)

  

<20

41

9.6

20-29

227

53.0

30-39

135

31.5

≥40

25

5.8

Marital status

  

Single

70

16.4

Married/Cohabiting

333

77.8

Widow/Separated/Divorced

25

5.8

Educational status

  

None

119

27.8

Primary

286

66.8

Secondary or above

23

5.3

Occupation

  

Employed/Self-employed

74

17.3

Not employed

354

82.7

Spouse’s education status*

  

None

53

15.9

Primary

254

76.3

Secondary or above education

26

7.8

Spouse’s occupation*

  

Employed/Self-employed

52

15.6

Not employed/Peasant

281

84.4

Monthly income

  

<50,000/=

381

89.0

50,000-100,000/=

40

9.3

>100,000/=

7

1.6

Parity

  

1

108

25.2

2-4

208

48.6

≥5

112

26.2

  1. *Could not add up to 428 because some of the respondents did not have spouse at the time of survey