Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Shire refugee camps, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2015. (n = 320)
Variables | Number | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age in years | 15–19 | 25 | 7.8 |
20–34 | 257 | 80.3 | |
> 34 | 38 | 11.9 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 193 | 60.3 |
Muslim | 56 | 17.5 | |
Catholic | 49 | 15.3 | |
Protestant | 22 | 6.9 | |
Marital status | Single | 29 | 9.1 |
Married | 283 | 88.4 | |
Divorced | 8 | 2.5 | |
Maternal occupation | House wife | 255 | 79.7 |
Merchant | 21 | 6.6 | |
Volunteer | 21 | 6.6 | |
Others* | 23 | 7.2 | |
Maternal education | Unable to read and write | 65 | 20.3 |
Primary education completed | 163 | 50.9 | |
Secondary and above | 92 | 28.8 | |
Husband education | Unable to read and write | 25 | 8.8 |
Completed primary education | 114 | 40.3 | |
Secondary and above | 144 | 50.9 | |
Family size | 1–3 | 146 | 45.6 |
4–6 | 142 | 44.4 | |
> 6 | 32 | 10.0 | |
Monthly income in Ethiopian Birr (US Dollar) | < 500 (≤ 22.6) | 54 | 16.9 |
500–900 (22.6–40.7) | 67 | 20.9 | |
> 900 (> 40.7) | 199 | 62.2 | |