Table 1 The socio-demographic characteristics of the women who seek abortion care services at MSIE clinics in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from April 1 to April 30, 2015
Variables | Number (n = 429) | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
15–19 | 20 | 4.7 |
20–24 | 133 | 31.0 |
25–29 | 176 | 41.0 |
30–34 | 88 | 20.5 |
35–39 | 12 | 2.8 |
Residence | ||
Urban | 393 | 91.6 |
Rural | 36 | 8.4 |
Educational status | ||
Illiterate | 36 | 8.4 |
Elementary | 92 | 21.4 |
Secondary | 138 | 32.2 |
College diploma & above | 163 | 38.0 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 330 | 76.9 |
Muslim | 71 | 16.6 |
Protestant | 24 | 5.6 |
Others | 4 | 0.9 |
Ethnicity | ||
Amhara | 213 | 49.7 |
Oromo | 88 | 20.5 |
Tigre | 46 | 10.7 |
Gurage | 66 | 15.4 |
Others | 16 | 3.7 |
Marital status | ||
Married | 236 | 55.0 |
Never married | 161 | 37.5 |
Divorced | 28 | 6.5 |
Widowed | 4 | 0.9 |
Occupational status | ||
House wife | 83 | 19.3 |
Student | 39 | 9.1 |
Government employee | 46 | 10.7 |
Private employee | 233 | 52.0 |
House made | 24 | 5.6 |
Others | 14 | 3.3 |
Monthly income (ETB) | ||
< 500 | 149 | 34.7 |
501–1000 | 67 | 15.6 |
1001–2000 | 59 | 13.8 |
2001–3000 | 44 | 10.3 |
> 3001 | 110 | 25.6 |