Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents of knowledge and attitude towards legalization of abortion, in Arba Minch town 2017 (n = 576)
Characteristic | Frequency(n) | Percent (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age in year | 15–19 | 9 | 1.6 |
20–24 | 21 | 3.6 | |
25–29 | 86 | 15 | |
30–34 | 112 | 19.4 | |
35–39 | 167 | 29 | |
40–44 | 94 | 16.3 | |
45–49 | 87 | 15.1 | |
Religion | Protestant | 262 | 45.6 |
Orthodox | 246 | 42.7 | |
Muslim | 53 | 9.1 | |
Others | 15 | 2.6 | |
Marital status | Married | 247 | 69 |
Single | 77 | 13.3 | |
Divorced | 40 | 7 | |
Widowed | 62 | 10.7 | |
Ethnicity** | Gamo | 256 | 44.5 |
Goffa | 59 | 10.2 | |
Wolaita | 87 | 15 | |
Konso | 161 | 28 | |
Others | 13 | 2.3 | |
Educational status | Not educated | 62 | 10.7 |
Able to write & read | 132 | 22.9 | |
Primary school | 166 | 29 | |
Secondary school | 26 | 4.4 | |
Higher education | 190 | 33 | |
Occupation | Government workers | 173 | 29.9 |
Merchant | 150 | 26 | |
House wife | 151 | 26.3 | |
Student | 58 | 10.2 | |
Daily laborer | 36 | 6.3 | |
Private worker | 8 | 1.3 | |
Monthly income in Ethiopian Birr. | Less than 500 | 43 | 7.3 |
500–1500 | 172 | 29.9 | |
Greater than 1500 | 232 | 40.4 | |
Not known | 129 | 22.4 | |
Family size | Less than 3 | 183 | 31.8 |
3–6 | 318 | 55.2 | |
Greater than 6 | 75 | 13 | |