Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of pregnant women attending ANC in health facilities of Gondar town, North West Ethiopia, 2011
Variables | Urban | Rural | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Age [Mean(±SD) = 25.4 (±5.3)] | |||
15–24 | 141(35.2) | 37 (9.3) | 178 (44.5) |
25–34 | 126 (31.5) | 58 (14.5) | 184 (46.0) |
35-49 | 18 (4.5) | 20 (5.0) | 38 (9.5) |
Ethnic group | |||
Amhara | 279 (69.8) | 112 (28.0) | 391(97.8) |
Tigray | 5 (1.2) | 3 (0.8) | 8 (2.0) |
Gurage | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) |
Religion | |||
Orthodox Christian | 249 (62.2) | 111 (27.8) | 360 (90.0) |
Muslim | 31 (7.8) | 4 (1.0) | 35 (8.8) |
Protestant | 5 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (1.2) |
Education | |||
No education | 108 (27.0) | 86 (21.5) | 194 (48.5) |
Primary Education | 28 (7.0) | 10 (2.5) | 38 (9.5) |
Secondary & above | 149 (37.2) | 19 (4.8) | 168 (42.0) |
Occupation | |||
Government employed | 57 (14.2) | 7 (1.8) | 64 (16.0) |
Merchant | 39 (9.8) | 2 (0.5) | 41 (10.2) |
House wife | 139 (34.8) | 97 (24.2) | 236 (59.0) |
Student | 35 (8.8) | 2 (0.5) | 37 (9.2) |
Others* | 15 (3.8) | 7 (1.8) | 22 (5.5) |
Marital Status | |||
Never married | 17 (4.2) | 2 (0.5) | 19 (4.8) |
Married/living together | 255 (63.8) | 106 (26.5) | 361 (90.2) |
Divorced/separated/widowed | 13 (3.2) | 7 (1.8) | 20 (5.0) |
Women having their own income | |||
Yes | 55 (13.8) | 52 (13.0) | 107 (26.8) |
No | 230 (57.5) | 63 (15.8) | 293 (73.2) |