Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of women’s who gave birth in Southwest Ethiopia, 2020
Variable | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Maternal age | ||
15–24 | 152 | 28 |
25–34 | 336 | 61 |
35–44 | 63 | 11 |
Marital status | ||
Single | 21 | 4 |
Married | 486 | 88 |
Divorced/widowed | 44 | 8 |
Maternal educational status | ||
No formal education | 192 | 35 |
Primary education | 211 | 38 |
Secondary education and above | 148 | 27 |
Residence | ||
Urban | 151 | 27 |
Rural | 400 | 73 |
Maternal occupation | ||
Housewife | 357 | 65 |
Merchant | 77 | 14 |
Government employee | 103 | 19 |
Daily labourer | 14 | 3 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 349 | 63 |
Muslim | 157 | 29 |
Protestant | 45 | 8 |
Ethnicity | ||
Gurage | 402 | 73 |
Amhara | 115 | 21 |
Oromo | 34 | 6 |