Knowledge of obstetric danger signs among recently-delivered women in Chamwino district, Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents, Chamwino district, Tanzania, January, 2014 (N = 428)

Variable	Frequency	Percentage
Age years (Median 26.5, Range 16.0,50.0)
< 20	41	9.6
20–29	227	53.1
30–39	135	31.5
≥ 40	25	5.8
Marital status
Single	70	16.4
Married/Cohabiting	333	77.8
Widow/Separated/Divorced	25	5.8
Educational status
None	119	27.8
Primary	286	66.8
Secondary or above	23	5.4
Occupation
Employed/Self-employed	74	17.3
Not employed	354	82.7
Spouse’s education status^a
None	53	15.9
Primary	254	76.3
Secondary or above education	26	7.8
Spouse’s occupation^a
Employed/Self-employed	52	15.6
Not employed/Peasant	281	84.4
Monthly income (TSH)^b
< 50,000/=	381	89.0
50,000–100,000/=	40	9.4
> 100,000/=	7	1.6

^aCould not add up to 428 because some of the respondents did not have spouse at the time of survey
^b1 US dollar = 2, 100 TSH

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