Table 1 Percentage distribution by background characteristic for reproductive women in age group of 15–49, northern Ethiopia, 2009 to 2012
Characteristics | Categories | n | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Age at delivery in years | 15-19 | 121 | 5.1 |
20-24 | 493 | 20.9 | |
25-29 | 566 | 24.0 | |
30-34 | 629 | 26.6 | |
35-39 | 388 | 16.4 | |
40-44 | 136 | 5.8 | |
45-49 | 28 | 1.2 | |
Median ± IQR | 30 (24, 34) | ||
Residence | Urban | 168 | 7.1 |
Rural | 2,193 | 92.9 | |
Ethnicity | Tigray | 2,347 | 99.4 |
Other | 14 | 0.6 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 2,342 | 99.2 |
Other | 19 | 0.8 | |
Maternal educational level | No formal education | 1,741 | 73.7 |
Primary education | 452 | 19.1 | |
Secondary education | 143 | 6.1 | |
Above secondary education | 25 | 1.1 | |
Marital status | Married | 1,907 | 80.8 |
Single | 319 | 13.5 | |
Divorced | 117 | 5.0 | |
Widowed | 18 | 0.8 | |
Maternal occupation | Farmer | 175 | 7.4 |
Daily laborer | 134 | 5.7 | |
Housewife | 1,718 | 72.8 | |
Student | 139 | 5.9 | |
Other | 195 | 8.3 | |
Relation to head | Household head | 210 | 8.9 |
Housewife | 1,784 | 75.6 | |
Daughter | 320 | 13.6 | |
Other | 47 | 2.0 | |