Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents in Lemo district, Ethiopia, 2010
From: Duration and determinants of birth interval among women of child bearing age in Southern Ethiopia
Variable | Categories | Frequency(n = 811) | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Residence | Rural | 552 | 68.1 |
| Â | Urban | 259 | 31.9 |
Marital status | Married | 777 | 95.8 |
| Â | Others* | 34 | 4.2 |
Religion | Protestant | 563 | 69.4 |
| Â | Orthodox | 121 | 14.9 |
| Â | Islam | 56 | 6.9 |
| Â | Others | 71 | 8.8 |
Ethnicity | Hadiya | 678 | 83.6 |
| Â | Amhara | 44 | 5.4 |
| Â | Kembata | 42 | 5.2 |
| Â | Others** | 47 | 5.8 |
Maternal education | Cannot read and write | 207 | 25.5 |
| Â | Primary | 444 | 54.8 |
| Â | Secondary & above | 160 | 19.7 |
Husband's education | Cannot read and write | 82 | 10.1 |
| Â | Primary | 356 | 43.9 |
| Â | Secondary & above | 339 | 41.8 |
Maternal occupation | House wife | 727 | 89.6 |
| Â | Employee | 24 | 3.0 |
| Â | Others*** | 60 | 7.5 |
Maternal age | 15-19 | 4 | 0.5 |
| Â | 20-24 | 47 | 5.8 |
| Â | 25-29 | 273 | 33.7 |
| Â | 30-34 | 223 | 27.5 |
| Â | 35-39 | 188 | 23.2 |
| Â | 40-44 | 38 | 4.7 |
| Â | 45-49 | 38 | 4.7 |