Knowledge and associated factors of lactational amenorrhea as a contraception method among postpartum women in Aksum town, Tigray Region, Ethiopia

Table 1 Socio-demographic variables in Aksum town, Tigray Region, northern Ethiopia, June 2015

Variables	Frequency (n)	Percentage (%)
Age
16–19	19	3.2
20–24	149	25.2
25–29	231	39.2
30–34	126	21.4
≥ 35	65	11.0
Marital status
Married	543	92.0
Others^a	47	8.0
Educational level
No formal education	80	13.6
Primary education	202	34.2
Secondary education and above	308	52.2
Partner’s education (n = 545)
No formal education	24	4.4
Primary school	210	38.5
Secondary school	185	34.0
Tertiary school	126	23.1
Occupation
House wife	383	64.9
Government employee	46	7.8
Private employee	103	17.5
Daily labourer	43	7.3
Others^b	15	2.5
Partner occupation (n = 545)	125	22.9
Government employee
Private employee	257	47.2
Daily labourer	131	24.0
Others^c	32	5.9

^a Single, separated, divorced, or widowed, ^b Alcohol/Swa seller, farmer, or student, ^c Farmer, pension, or guard

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