Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants, Munesa Woreda, Arsi Zone, southeast Ethiopia, April 2011
Variables | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
Age of the mothers at interview | |
15-19 | 50 (5.9) |
20-24 | 224 (26.2) |
25-29 | 268 (31.3) |
30-34 | 178 (20.8) |
35+ | 135 (15.8) |
Marital status | |
Married | 838 (98) |
Divorced/separated | 17 (2.0) |
Distance from health facility | |
≤ 30 minute | 136 (15.9) |
>30 minute | 719 (84.1) |
Religion | |
Orthodox | 442 (51.7) |
Muslim | 371 (43.4) |
Protestant | 42 (4.9) |
Ethnicity | |
Oromo | 834 (97.5) |
Amhara | 17 (2.0) |
Gurage | 4 (0.5) |
Educational status of the mother | |
Unable to read and write | 527 (61.6) |
Primary education | 306 (35.8) |
Secondary and post secondary | 22 (2.6) |
Occupational status of the mother | |
House wife | 746 (87.3) |
Government employee | 12 (1.4) |
Farmer | 97 (11.3) |
Occupational status of the husband | |
Farmer | 726 (84.9) |
Government employee | 30 (3.5) |
Daily laborer/Merchants | 99 (11.6) |
Educational status of the husband | |
Unable to read and write | 324 (37.9) |
Primary education | 487 (57.0) |
Secondary and post secondary | 44 (5.1) |
Perceived economical status | |
Low | 220 (25.7) |
Medium | 422 (49.4) |
High | 213 (24.9) |
Family size | |
≤5 | 412 (48.2%) |
>5 | 443 (51.8) |