Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of pregnant women (n = 647) in Jille Tumuga district Northeast Ethiopia, 2017
From: Dietary diversity practice and associated factors among pregnant women in North East Ethiopia
Variable | Frequency (n) | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
17–19 | 34 | 5.3 |
20–24 | 180 | 27.8 |
25–35 | 407 | 62.9 |
≥ 35 | 26 | 4 |
Marital status | ||
Married | 643 | 99.4 |
Widowed | 4 | 0.6 |
Religion | ||
Muslim | 643 | 99.4 |
Orthodox | 4 | 0.6 |
Ethnicity | ||
Oromo | 576 | 89.0 |
Amhara | 63 | 9.7 |
Argoba | 8 | 1.2 |
Educational status of pregnant women | ||
No education | 442 | 68.3 |
Read and write | 60 | 9.3 |
Primary and above | 145 | 22.4 |
Educational status of husband | ||
No education | 381 | 58.9 |
Read and write | 94 | 14.5 |
Primary and above | 172 | 26.6 |
Occupation of pregnant women | ||
Housewife | 638 | 98.6 |
Merchant | 6 | 0.9 |
Government employee | 3 | 0.5 |
Occupation of husband | ||
Farmer | 614 | 94.9 |
Merchant | 11 | 1.7 |
Government employee | 6 | 0.9 |
Daily laborer | 16 | 2.5 |
Family size | ||
1–2 | 71 | 11.0 |
3–4 | 365 | 56.4 |
> 5 | 211 | 32.6 |
Productive safety net program beneficiary | ||
Yes | 275 | 42.5 |
No | 372 | 57.5 |
Food security status | ||
Food secure | 425 | 65.7 |
Mildly food insecure | 18 | 2.8 |
Moderately food insecure | 193 | 29.8 |
Severely food insecure | 11 | 1.7 |
Wealth index | ||
Poor | 215 | 33.2 |
Medium | 216 | 33.4 |
Rich | 216 | 33.4 |