Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants in Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital (FHRH), Bahir Dar, October 2010-January 2011
Variables | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
15-24 | 200 | 54.5 |
25-34 | 159 | 43.3 |
35-44 | 8 | 2.2 |
Gestation stage | ||
First trimester | 49 | 13.4 |
Second trimester | 141 | 38.4 |
Third trimester | 177 | 48.2 |
Marital status | ||
Married | 334 | 99.2 |
Others | 3 | 0.8 |
Occupation | ||
Employed | 110 | 30 |
Unemployed | 257 | 70 |
Residence | ||
Urban | 354 | 96.5 |
Rural | 13 | 3.5 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 321 | 87.5 |
Muslim | 33 | 9 |
Protestant | 13 | 3.5 |
Ethnicity | ||
Amhara | 357 | 97.3 |
Oromo | 5 | 1.4 |
Tigray | 3 | 0.8 |
Other | 2 | 0.5 |
Education | ||
Illiterate | 66 | 18 |
Read and write | 12 | 3.3 |
Elementary | 67 | 18.3 |
High school | 130 | 35.4 |
Higher education | 92 | 25.1 |
Income/month | ||
<500 | 53 | 14.4 |
501-1000 | 96 | 27.5 |
1001-1500 | 63 | 17.4 |
1501-2000 | 55 | 15.0 |
>2000 | 100 | 28.3 |
Total | 367 |