Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants (N = 899), January 2013
From: Contraceptive adoption in the extended postpartum period is low in Northwest Ethiopia
Variable | Frequency | Percentage (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 15-24 | 269 | 29.9 |
25-34 | 427 | 47.5 | |
>_35 | 203 | 22.6 | |
Residence | Urban | 232 | 25.8 |
Rural | 667 | 74.2 | |
Ethnicity | Amhara | 896 | 99.7 |
Tigrie | 3 | 0.3 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 868 | 96.6 |
Muslim | 28 | 3.1 | |
Catholic | 3 | 0.3 | |
Marital status | Married | 836 | 93.0 |
Unmarried | 26 | 2.9 | |
Widowed | 2 | .2 | |
Divorced | 26 | 2.9 | |
Separated | 9 | 1.0 | |
Educational status | Cannot read and write | 579 | 64.4 |
Read and write | 41 | 4.6 | |
Primary(1–8) | 145 | 16.1 | |
Secondary(9–12) | 118 | 13.1 | |
Higher education | 16 | 1.8 | |
Husband education | Cannot read and write | 355 | 39.5 |
Read and write | 228 | 25.4 | |
Primary(1–8) | 174 | 19.4 | |
Secondary(9–12) | 103 | 11.5 | |
Higher education | 32 | 3.6 | |
Maternal occupation | Farmer | 634 | 70.5 |
Merchant | 20 | 2.2 | |
Govt employee | 34 | 3.8 | |
Others | 211 | 23.5 | |
Husband occupation | Farmer | 716 | 79.6 |
Merchant | 33 | 3.7 | |
Govt employee | 88 | 9.8 | |
Others | 48 | 5.3 | |