Table 1 Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of participants in Dubti district, Afar region, Northeast Ethiopia, 2016 (n = 381)
Variables | Category | Frequency (n) | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Age in years | 15–19 | 45 | 11.81 |
20–24 | 133 | 34.91 | |
25–29 | 111 | 29.13 | |
30–34 | 65 | 17.06 | |
> 35 | 27 | 7.09 | |
Marital status | Married | 349 | 91.60 |
Divorced | 19 | 4.99 | |
Single | 13 | 3.41 | |
Residence | Urban | 96 | 25.20 |
Rural | 285 | 74.80 | |
Occupation of women | Pastoral | 70 | 18.37 |
Merchant | 37 | 9.71 | |
Government employee | 34 | 8.92 | |
Stay at home | 240 | 62.99 | |
Religion | Christian | 52 | 13.65 |
Muslim | 329 | 86.35 | |
Ethnicity | Afar | 260 | 68.24 |
Oromo | 13 | 3.41 | |
Amhara | 94 | 24.67 | |
Tigray | 14 | 3.68 | |
Monthly income | < 500 ETB | 91 | 23.88 |
500–1000 ETB | 160 | 41.99 | |
> 1000 ETB | 130 | 34.12 | |
Women literacy status | Not educated | 245 | 64.30 |
Able to read and write | 48 | 12.60 | |
Primary education | 52 | 13.65 | |
Secondary education | 13 | 3.41 | |
Higher education | 23 | 6.04 | |
Husband literacy status | Not educated | 150 | 42.98 |
Able to read and write | 104 | 29.80 | |
Primary education | 29 | 8.31 | |
Secondary education | 37 | 10.60 | |
Higher education | 29 | 8.31 | |
Occupation of husband | Farmer | 58 | 16.62 |
Pastoralist | 167 | 47.85 | |
Merchant | 79 | 22.64 | |
Government employee | 45 | 12.89 |