Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents, Dembecha district, Northwest Ethiopia, 2015 (n = 674)
Variable | Category | Frequency | percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Residence | Urban | 97 | 14.4 |
Rural | 577 | 85.6 | |
Age | 15–19 years | 8 | 1.2 |
20–24 years | 51 | 7.6 | |
25–29 years | 202 | 30.0 | |
30–34 years | 173 | 25.7 | |
35+ years | 240 | 35.6 | |
Educational status of a mother | Unable to read & write | 256 | 38.0 |
Able to read & write | 280 | 41.5 | |
Primary education (1–8) | 109 | 16.2 | |
Secondary and above (9–12+) | 29 | 4.3 | |
Educational status of a husband (n = 641) | Unable to read & write | 108 | 16.8 |
Able to read & write | 272 | 42.4 | |
Primary education (1–8) | 196 | 30.6 | |
Secondary and above (9–12+) | 65 | 10.1 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 659 | 97.8 |
Other | 15 | 2.2 | |
Marital status | Married | 641 | 95.1 |
Divorced | 18 | 2.7 | |
single | 13 | 1.9 | |
Widowed | 2 | 0.3 | |
Mother’s occupation | House wife | 525 | 77.9 |
Employed/Merchant | 86 | 12.8 | |
Daily laborer/Students | 57 | 8.5 | |
Others | 6 | 0.9 | |
Husband’s occupation | Farmer | 497 | 77.5 |
Employed/Merchant | 98 | 14.5 | |
Daily laborer/Students | 45 | 6.7 | |
Others | 1 | 0.2 | |
Size of a family | 1 | 37 | 5.5 |
2–3 | 148 | 22 | |
4–5 | 275 | 40.8 | |
>5 | 214 | 31.7 |