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Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of respondents in Jimma Zone, southwest Ethiopia, 2013

From: Household food insecurity and mental distress among pregnant women in Southwestern Ethiopia: a cross sectional study design

Variables

Categories

Number

Percentage

Residence

Urban

377

58.7

 

Rural

265

41.3

Household size

≤4

435

67.8

 

>4

207

32.2

Age of respondents

15-24

277

43.2

 

25-34

318

49.5

 

≥35

47

7.3

Occupation

Farmer

172

26.8

 

Gov. employee

107

16.7

 

Merchant

83

12.9

 

Daily laborer

66

10.3

 

Othersa

214

33.3

Marital status

Married

584

91.0

 

Othersb

58

9.0

Ethnicity

Oromo

494

76.9

 

Dawuro

32

5.0

 

Amhara

75

11.7

 

Othersc

41

6.4

Religion

Muslim

447

69.6

 

Orthodox

141

22.0

 

Othersd

54

8.4

Educational status

Illiterate

172

26.8

 

Read and write

151

23.5

 

Primary school

171

26.6

 

Secondary school

60

9.3

 

College& above

88

13.7

Number of children <5

0

234

36.4

 

1

395

61.5

Food insecurity status

2

13

2.0

Food secure

584

91.0

 

Food insecure

58

9.0

  1. aStudents, housewife, maid workers, bsingle, widowed, divorced. C Wolaita, Kullo,Tigray, Yam, dCatholics, protestant