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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents among women who give birth within one year in rural Gozamen district, Amhara region, Northwest Ethiopia,2019 (n = 600)

From: Antenatal care follow-up decreases the likelihood of cultural malpractice during childbirth and postpartum among women who gave birth in the last one-year in Gozamen district, Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

Variables

Frequency

Percent

Maternal age

  ≤19 year

4

0.7

  20-35 year

496

82.7

  ≥36 year

100

16.6

Religion

  Orthodox

571

95.1

  Muslim

25

4.2

  Protestant

4

0.7

Ethnicity

  Oromo

6

1.0

  Amhara

587

97.8

  Other

7

1.2

Mother’s occupation

  housewife

527

87.8

  Gov’t employer

28

4.7

  Merchant

42

7.0

  Student

3

0.5

Marital Status

  Married

581

96.8

  Single

4

0.7

  Divorced

15

2.5

Mother’s educational status

  Unable to read and write

335

55.8

  Primary school

149

24.8

  Secondary school

80

13.4

  College and above

36

6.0

Husband’s occupation

  Farmer

413

71.1

  Government employer

51

8.8

  Merchant

83

14.3

  Student

2

0.3

  Daily laborer

32

5.5

Husband’s educational status

  Unable to read and write

328

56.5

  Primary school

127

21.8

  Secondary school

76

13.1

  College and above

50

8.6