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Table 1 A Socio-Demographic characteristic of mothers who gave birth at public health facilities in west Shewa zone, Oromia region, Ethiopia, 2018

From: Mother’s satisfaction with the existing labor and delivery care services at public health facilities in West Shewa zone, Oromia region, Ethiopia

Characteristics

Categories

Number (N = 558)

Percent (%)

Type of Institution

Health centers

260

46.6

Primary Hospitals

153

27.4

General Hospital

145

26.0

Age in years

17–24

189

33.9

25–29

202

36.2

More than 29

167

29.9

Marital Status

Married

537

96.2

Other marital Status1

21

3.8

Religion

Orthodox

218

39.1

Protestant

301

53.9

Other Religion2

39

7.0

Ethnicity

Oromo

524

93.9

Other Ethnicity3

34

6.1

Educational Status

Have no formal education

143

25.6

Primary education

149

26.7

Secondary Education

130

23.3

Collage and above

136

24.4

Mothers Occupation

Government Employee

122

21.9

Housewife

198

35.5

Farmers

84

15.1

Merchant

75

13.4

Private Employee’

66

11.8

Other Occupation4

13

2.3

Mothers Residence

Urban

388

69.5

Rural

170

30.5

Average Monthly Income (Interquartile range) with Ethiopian Birr

Less than 1000

140

25.1

1001–2000

150

26.9

2001–3500

132

23.7

Greater than 3500

136

24.4

Median = 2000.00

  1. Keys: 1Divorced, widowed & single, 2Wakefata & Catholic, 3Gurage & Tigre, 4Student & Daily laborers