Table 1 Socio-demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of reproductive age women, Aksum town, 2020 (n = 682)
Numbers percentage | ||
|---|---|---|
Women’s age | ||
Less than 30 | 431 | 63.2 |
31–40 | 215 | 31.5 |
Above 40 | 36 | 5.3 |
Ethnicity | ||
Tigray | 675 | 99 |
Amara | 7 | 1.0 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 624 | 91.5 |
Muslim | 58 | 8.5 |
Women’s level of education | ||
Uneducated | 236 | 34.6 |
Primary | 183 | 26.8 |
Secondary | 191 | 28.0 |
College or university | 72 | 10.6 |
Women’s occupation | ||
House wife | 468 | 68.6 |
Employed | 214 | 31.4 |
Types of marriage | ||
Arranged | 466 | 68.3 |
Love marriage | 216 | 31.7 |
Number of lives children | ||
No child | 36 | 5.3 |
1–2 | 360 | 52.8 |
3–4 | 251 | 36.8 |
5+ | 35 | 5.1 |
Husband’s age | ||
Less than 30 | 72 | 10.6 |
31–40 | 360 | 52.8 |
Above 40 | 250 | 36.7 |
Husband’s level of education | ||
Uneducated | 175 | 25.7 |
Primary | 148 | 21.7 |
Secondary | 168 | 24.6 |
College or university | 191 | 28.0 |
Family monthly income | ||
Low | 361 | 52.9 |
Medium | 213 | 31.2 |
High | 108 | 15.8 |
Does your husband drink alcohol? | ||
No | 254 | 37.2 |
Yes | 428 | 62.8 |
Is your husband aggressive? | ||
No | 408 | 59.8 |
Yes | 274 | 40.2 |