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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of postnatal women in Ilu Ababor zone public health facilities, Southwest Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 281)

From: Respectful maternity care during facility-based child birth and associated factors in public health facilities of Ilu AbaBor zone, Southwest Ethiopia

Variable

Category

Frequency

Percent

Age in years

15–19

36

12.8

20–24

93

33.1

25–29

96

34.2

30–34

36

12.8

35 and above

20

7.1

Religion

Orthodox

74

26.3

Muslim

103

36.7

Protestant

104

37

Educational status

Unable to read and write

63

22.4

Primary education

115

40.9

Secondary education

65

23.1

Higher education

38

13.5

Marital status

Married

245

87.2

Single

22

7.8

Widowed

6

2.1

Divorced

8

2.8

Occupation

House wife

90

32.0

Farmer

79

28.1

Student

29

10.3

Government employee

42

14.9

Merchant

41

14.6

Ethnicity

Oromo

188

66.9

Amhara

45

16.0

Tigray

11

3.9

Gurage

22

7.8

Others

15

5.3

Monthly income

≤1200

147

52.3

 > 1200

134

47.7

Residence

Urban

144

51.2

Rural

137

48.8