Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of mothers in the Nigist Eleni Mohammed Memorial Teaching Hospital, Southern Ethiopia, 2019
Variable | Frequency (N = 279) | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age group | 15–19 | 17 | 6.1 |
20–34 | 234 | 83.9 | |
≥35 | 28 | 10.0 | |
Residence | Urban | 157 | 56.3 |
Rural | 122 | 43.7 | |
Marital status | Married | 271 | 97.1 |
Other | 8 | 2.9 | |
Religion | Protestant | 209 | 74.9 |
Orthodox | 34 | 12.2 | |
Muslim | 30 | 10.8 | |
Catholic | 6 | 2.2 | |
Ethnicity | Hadiya | 224 | 80.3 |
Kambata | 28 | 10.0 | |
Silte | 18 | 6.5 | |
other (specify) | 9 | 3.2 | |
Educational status | Able to read and write | 29 | 10.4 |
Primary school completed | 101 | 36.2 | |
High and preparatory school | 95 | 34.1 | |
Higher institution | 54 | 19.4 | |
Occupation | Government employee | 41 | 14.7 |
Merchant | 43 | 15.4 | |
Housewife | 185 | 66.3 | |
Othersa | 10 | 3.6 | |