Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of women in Debre Tabor Town northwest Ethiopia, June, 2017 (n = 317)
Variable | Category | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Age of mother in years | ≤ 24 | 69 | 21.8 |
25–29 | 126 | 39.7 | |
30–34 | 62 | 19.6 | |
≥ 35 | 60 | 18.9 | |
Marital status | Single | 3 | 1.0 |
Married | 299 | 94.3 | |
Divorced | 15 | 4.7 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 294 | 92.7 |
Muslim | 18 | 5.7 | |
Protestant | 5 | 1.6 | |
Educational status of the respondent | Unable to read and write | 52 | 16.4 |
Able to read and write | 56 | 17.7 | |
Primary education (1–8) | 18 | 5.7 | |
Secondary education (9–12) | 70 | 22.1 | |
Diploma and above | 121 | 38.2 | |
Occupational status of the respondent | Government employee | 108 | 34.1 |
Private worker | 10 | 3.2 | |
Merchant | 37 | 11.7 | |
House wife | 138 | 43.5 | |
Student | 20 | 6.3 | |
Daily laborer | 4 | 1.3 | |
Ethnicity | Amhara | 312 | 98.5 |
Oromo | 3 | 0.9 | |
Tigrian | 2 | 0.6 | |
Educational status of husband (n = 299) | Unable to read and write | 17 | 5.7 |
Able to read and write | 55 | 18.4 | |
Primary education (1–8) | 29 | 9.7 | |
Secondary education (9–12) | 31 | 10.4 | |
Diploma and above | 167 | 55.9 | |
Occupational status of husband (n = 299) | Government employee | 162 | 54.2 |
Private worker | 18 | 6.0 | |
Merchant | 102 | 34.1 | |
Student | 1 | 0.3 | |
Daily laborer | 16 | 5.4 | |
Family size | 1–3 | 139 | 43.8 |
4–6 | 167 | 52.7 | |
7–10 | 11 | 3.5 |