Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of participants among women in reproductive age group attending public hospitals in southwest Ethiopia, 2021 (n = 400)
Variable | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
< Mean (30.26 years) | 208 | 52 |
> Mean (30.26 years) | 192 | 48 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox Christian | 220 | 55.0 |
Muslim | 133 | 33.3 |
Catholic | 12 | 3 |
Protestant | 35 | 8.8 |
Ethnicity | ||
Oromo | 256 | 64 |
Amhara | 98 | 24.5 |
Gurage | 29 | 7.3 |
Others | 17 | 4.3 |
Marital status | ||
Single | 100 | 25.0 |
Married | 254 | 63.5 |
Divorced | 20 | 5.0 |
Separated | 11 | 2.8 |
Widowed | 15 | 3.8 |
Marriage age | ||
15–19 | 112 | 28.0 |
20–24 | 142 | 35.5 |
25–29 | 26 | 6.5 |
30–34 | 5 | 1.3 |
35–39 | 1 | 0.3 |
Educational level | ||
No formal education | 89 | 22.2 |
Primary education | 104 | 26.0 |
Secondary education | 112 | 28.0 |
Above secondary | 95 | 23.8 |
Occupation | ||
House wife | 193 | 48.3 |
Student | 65 | 16.3 |
Farmer | 9 | 2.3 |
Merchant | 42 | 10.5 |
Government employee | 40 | 10.0 |
Private employee | 51 | 12.8 |
Monthly Income (Ethiopian Birr) | ||
≤ 1000 | 167 | 41.8 |
1001–2000 | 129 | 32.3 |
2001–3000 | 54 | 13.5 |
3001–4000 | 25 | 6.3 |
4001–5000 | 25 | 6.3 |