Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of multi gravid pregnant women who had ANC follow-up in Debremarkos town governmental health institution, North West Ethiopia, 2016 (n = 411)
Variables | Categories | Frequency (n = 411) | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Residence | Urban | 261 | 63.5 |
Rural | 150 | 36.5 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 395 | 96.1 |
Muslim | 11 | 2.7 | |
Protestant | 4 | 1.0 | |
Catholic | 1 | 0.2 | |
Marital status | Married | 401 | 97.6 |
Widowed | 1 | 0.2 | |
Divorced | 9 | 2.2 | |
Educational status | No education | 173 | 42.1 |
Primary (1–8) | 106 | 25.8 | |
Secondary and above | 132 | 32.1 | |
Occupational status | Government Employee | 71 | 17.3 |
House wife | 253 | 61.6 | |
Merchant | 60 | 14.6 | |
Student | 27 | 6.6 | |
Husband education (n = 401) | No education | 110 | 27.4 |
Primary (1–8) | 119 | 29.7 | |
Secondary and above | 172 | 42.9 | |
Husband occupation (n = 401) | Government Employee | 132 | 32.9 |
Farmer | 137 | 34.2 | |
Merchant | 99 | 24.7 | |
Daily laborer | 33 | 8.2 | |
Ethnicity | Amhara | 388 | 94.4 |
Oromo | 14 | 3.4 | |
Tigre | 6 | 1.5 | |
Gurage | 3 | 0.7 | |
Age | 15–24 | 47 | 11.4 |
25–29 | 151 | 36.7 | |
30–34 | 115 | 28.0 | |
35–39 | 74 | 18.0 | |
40–49 | 24 | 5.8 |