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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants, Western Ethiopia, 2020

From: Barriers and determinants of postpartum family planning uptake among postpartum women in Western Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study

Characteristics

 

Frequency

Percentage

Region

Oromia Regional State

630

63.7

Benshangul Gumuz Regional State

359

36.3

Age in years

15 to 19

36

3.6

20 to 24

235

23.7

25 to 29

414

41.8

30 to 34

209

21.1

>  35

95

9.6

Residence

Urban

599

60.5

Rural

390

39.4

Religion

Protestant

484

48.9

Orthodox

245

24.7

Muslim

234

23.6

Adventist

15

1.5

Catholic

6

0.6

Wakefata

5

0.5

Marital status

Married

955

96.5

Never married

17

1.7

Others

17

1.7

Ethnicity

Oromo

689

69.6

Amhara

151

15.2

Berta

95

9.6

Others

46

4.6

Participant education

Cannot read and write

189

19.1

Can read and write

79

7.9

Grade 1–8

255

25.7

Grade 9–12

239

24.1

College & above

227

22.9

Participant occupation

Farmer

376

38.0

Government employee

309

31.2

NGO employee

26

2.6

Merchant

81

8.1

Daily laborer

143

14.4

Student

25

2.5

Husband education

Cannot read & write

110

2.5

Read & write

80

11.1

Grade 1 to 8

181

8.1

Grade 9 to12

245

18.3

College & above

344

24.7

Husband occupation

Farmer

405

40.9

Government employee

309

31.2

NGO employee

26

2.6

Merchant

81

8.2

Daily laborer

143

14.4

Student

25

2.5