Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents in Pawe Woreda, northwest Ethiopia, April 2018
Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 15–19 | 24 | 3.9 |
20–24 | 131 | 21.0 | |
25–29 | 204 | 32.7 | |
30–34 | 115 | 18.5 | |
> 35 | 149 | 23.9 | |
Mean (± SD), 28.93 ± 6.53 | |||
Marital status | Married | 559 | 89.7 |
Divorced | 46 | 7.4 | |
Widowed | 12 | 1.9 | |
Single | 6 | 1.0 | |
Ethnicity | Amhara | 536 | 86.0 |
Oromo | 10 | 1.6 | |
Kembata | 46 | 7.4 | |
Others | 31 | 5.0 | |
Mothers occupation | House wives | 531 | 85.2 |
Merchant | 22 | 3.5 | |
Private employer | 40 | 6.4 | |
Others | 30 | 4.8 | |
Mothers educational status | Not formally educated | 393 | 63.1 |
Primary education | 187 | 30.0 | |
Secondary and above | 43 | 6.9 | |
Husbands educational status | Not formally educated | 307 | 54.9 |
Primary education | 187 | 33.4 | |
Secondary and above | 65 | 11.7 | |