Intentions on contraception use and its associated factors among postpartum women in Aksum town, Tigray region, northern Ethiopia: a community-based cross- sectional study

Table 1 Socio- demographic variables in Aksum town, Tigray region, northern Ethiopia, June, 2015

Variables	Frequency(n)	Percentage (%)
Age
16–19	19	3.2
20–24	149	25.2
25–29	231	39.2
30–34	126	21.4
35–49	65	11.0
Marital status
Married	543	92.0
Others^a	47	8.0
Educational status
No formal education	80	13.6
Primary education	202	34.2
Secondary education and above	308	52.2
Partner’s education (n = 545)^b
No formal education	24	4.4
Primary school	210	38.5
Secondary school and above	311	57.1
Mother occupation
House wife	383	64.9
Government employee	46	7.8
Private employee	103	17.5
Daily labourer	43	7.3
Others^c	15	2.5
Partner occupation (n = 545)^b
Government employee	125	22.9
Private employee	257	47.2
Daily labourer	131	24.0
Others^d	32	5.9
Monthly income (Ethiopian Birr)
≤600	150	25.4
601–1000	159	26.9
1001–2000	154	26.1
≥200	17	21.5

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