Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants on labor pain control at Leku general hospital, 2019
Variables | Category | Frequency (n = 404) | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | ≤ 18 | 48 | 11.9 |
19–24 | 130 | 32.2 | |
25–29 | 139 | 34.4 | |
≥ 30 | 87 | 21.5 | |
Marital status | Single | 19 | 4.7 |
Married | 385 | 95.3 | |
Religion | Protestant | 321 | 79.5 |
Orthodox | 54 | 13.4 | |
Muslim | 18 | 4.5 | |
Catholic | 09 | 2.2 | |
Adventist | 2 | 0.5 | |
Ethnicity | Sidama | 336 | 83.2 |
Amhara | 36 | 8.9 | |
Oromo | 10 | 2.5 | |
Silte | 17 | 4.2 | |
Others | 5 | 1.2 | |
Residence | Urban | 171 | 42.3 |
Rural | 233 | 57.7 | |
Level of education | No formal education | 31 | 7.7 |
Primary (1–8) | 228 | 56.4 | |
Secondary School (9–10) | 85 | 21 | |
Above high school (> 10) | 60 | 14.9 | |
Occupation | House wife | 87 | 21.5 |
Employed (gov’t/NGO) | 90 | 22.3 | |
Merchant | 86 | 21.3 | |
Farmer | 141 | 34.9 |