Table 1 Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of reproductive age women attending ART care in public health facilities at Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia, 2014
Variables | Category | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (in years) | 15–24 | 42 | 8.3% |
25–34 | 298 | 59.0% | |
35 and above | 165 | 32.7% | |
Religion | Orthodox | 426 | 84.4% |
Muslim | 55 | 10.9% | |
Protestant | 22 | 4.4% | |
Catholic | 2 | 0.4% | |
Current place of residence | Urban | 456 | 90.3% |
Rural | 49 | 9.7% | |
Occupation | House wife | 186 | 36.8% |
Daily laborer | 101 | 20.0% | |
Government employee | 98 | 19.4% | |
Merchant | 101 | 20.0% | |
Othersa | 19 | 3.8% | |
Educational status of women | No formal education | 221 | 43.8% |
Primary school (grade 1–8) | 111 | 22.0% | |
Secondary school (grade 9–10) | 81 | 16.0% | |
Preparatory, College and above | 92 | 18.2% | |
Educational status of the husband | No formal education | 131 | 25.9% |
Primary school (grade 1–8) | 122 | 24.2% | |
High school (grade 9–10) | 113 | 22.4% | |
Preparatory, College and above | 139 | 27.5% | |
Family monthly income (USD)b | ≤30 | 132 | 26.1% |
31–62 | 115 | 22.8% | |
63–129 | 148 | 29.3% | |
≥130 | 110 | 21.8% | |
Ownership of TV & Radio | Yes | 86 | 17.0% |
No | 419 | 83.0% | |
Number of children ever born | 0–2 | 376 | 74.5% |
3 and above | 129 | 25.5% | |
Number of alive children | 0–1 | 242 | 47.9% |
2–3 | 233 | 46.1% | |
4 and above | 30 | 5.9% |