Table 5 Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of mothers in Geze Gofa district, southern Ethiopia, June 2017 (n = 321)
Variables | Frequency (n) | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age in years | ||
  < 24 | 95 | 29.6 |
 24–35 | 211 | 65.7 |
  > 35 | 15 | 4.7 |
Marital status | ||
 Single | 16 | 5.0 |
 Married | 243 | 75.7 |
 Widowed | 27 | 8.4 |
 Divorced | 35 | 10.9 |
Religious status | ||
 Protestant | 150 | 46.7 |
 Orthodox | 112 | 34.9 |
 Muslim | 28 | 8.7 |
 Catholic | 31 | 9.7 |
Educational status | ||
 Unable to read and write | 99 | 30.8 |
 Able to read and write | 21 | 6.6 |
 Elementary school (up to grade 8) | 141 | 43.9 |
 High school | 42 | 13.1 |
 College and above | 18 | 5.6 |
Occupational status | ||
 Gov’t employee | 13 | 4.0 |
 Merchant | 25 | 7.8 |
 Daily labor | 21 | 6.5 |
 Farmer | 32 | 10.0 |
 Housewife | 230 | 71.7 |
Ethnicity | ||
 Gofa | 216 | 67.3 |
 Gamo | 55 | 17.1 |
 Wolayita | 26 | 8.1 |
 Others* | 24 | 7.5 |
Parity | ||
 Primipara | 53 | 16.5 |
 Multipara | 268 | 83.5 |
Wealth quantiles | ||
 Lowest | 55 | 17.1 |
 Second | 54 | 16.8 |
 Middle | 97 | 30.2 |
 Fourth | 47 | 14.7 |
 Highest | 68 | 21.2 |