Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants at Debretabour town, March 2017(n = 588)
Variables | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
< 20 | 61 | 10.4 |
20–29 | 330 | 56.1 |
30–39 | 173 | 29.4 |
40–49 | 24 | 4.1 |
Marital status | ||
Married | 521 | 88.6 |
Single | 32 | 5.4 |
Divorced | 25 | 4.3 |
Widowed | 10 | 1.7 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 564 | 95.9 |
Muslim | 18 | 3.1 |
Protestant | 6 | 1.0 |
Ethnicity | ||
Amhara | 580 | 98.6 |
Agew | 8 | 1.4 |
Education | ||
Cannot read and write | 102 | 17.3 |
Can read and write | 68 | 11.6 |
Elementary education | 158 | 26.9 |
Secondary and above | 260 | 44.2 |
Occupation | ||
House wife | 288 | 49 |
Government employed | 139 | 23.6 |
Merchant | 92 | 15.6 |
Daily laborer | 42 | 7.1 |
Farming | 5 | 0.9 |
Private employ | 22 | 3.7 |
Husband education (n = 521) | ||
Cannot read and write | 22 | 4.22 |
Can read and write | 41 | 7.87 |
Elementary education | 121 | 23.22 |
Secondary and above | 337 | 64.68 |
Husband occupation (n = 521) | ||
Merchant | 150 | 28.8 |
Farming | 20 | 3.84 |
Government employed | 269 | 51.63 |
Daily laborer | 58 | 11.13 |
Driver | 24 | 4.61 |
Average monthly income | ||
< 500 Eth birr | 31 | 5.3 |
500–1500 Eth birr | 121 | 20.6 |
> 1500 Eth birr | 436 | 74.1 |