|
Age of the mother (years)
|
|
≤24
|
102
|
21.7
|
|
25–29
|
207
|
43.9
|
|
≥30
|
162
|
34.4
|
|
Mean ± (SD) age of their children = 29.65 ± (4.3)
|
|
Religion
|
|
Orthodox
|
398
|
84.5
|
|
Muslim
|
52
|
11.0
|
|
Protestant
|
21
|
4.5
|
|
Ethnicity
|
|
Amhara
|
427
|
90.7
|
|
Others*
|
44
|
9.3
|
|
Educational status of the mother
|
|
Have no formal education
|
154
|
32.7
|
|
Primary education
|
129
|
27.4
|
|
Secondary education and above
|
188
|
39.9
|
|
Occupational status of the mother
|
|
Housewife
|
225
|
47.8
|
|
Daily laborer
|
147
|
31.2
|
|
Government employee
|
58
|
12.3
|
|
Petty trader/private employee
|
41
|
8.7
|
|
Marital status of the mother
|
|
Married
|
404
|
85.8
|
|
Never married/widowed/divorced
|
67
|
14.2
|
|
Educational status of their husband
|
|
Have no formal education
|
101
|
21.4
|
|
Primary education
|
110
|
23.4
|
|
Secondary education and above
|
260
|
55.2
|
|
Occupational status of their husband
|
|
Daily laborer
|
218
|
46.3
|
|
Government employee
|
101
|
21.4
|
|
Carpenter/driver/private employee
|
152
|
32.3
|
|
Family size
|
|
≤4
|
305
|
64.8
|
|
>4
|
166
|
35.2
|
