Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of mothers who gave birth at UoGCSH, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021 (n = 455)
Variables | Category | Frequency(n = 455) | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 18–20 | 27 | 6.0% |
20–34 | 331 | 72.7% | |
≥ 35 | 97 | 21.3% | |
Residence | Urban | 258 | 56.7% |
Rural | 197 | 43.3% | |
Religious | Orthodox | 368 | 80.9% |
Muslim | 67 | 14.7% | |
Protestant | 20 | 4.4% | |
Maternal educations status | No formal education | 152 | 33.4% |
Primary level | 79 | 17.4% | |
Secondary level | 108 | 23.7% | |
College and above level | 116 | 25.5% | |
Maternal occupational status | House wife | 214 | 47% |
Merchant | 77 | 17% | |
Governmental employer | 120 | 26.4% | |
NGO | 27 | 5.9% | |
Others | 17 | 3.7% | |
Marital status | Single | 57 | 12.53% |
Married | 335 | 73.63% | |
Divorced | 63 | 13.84% | |
Ethnicity | Amhara | 355 | 78% |
Qimant | 100 | 22% | |
Age at 1st marriage | < 18 | 17 | 3.7% |
Above 18 | 438 | 96.3% | |
Family size | ≤ 5 | 406 | 89.2% |
Above 5 | 49 | 10.8% |