Table 1 Background characteristics of respondents
Variables | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Maternal age | ||
15–19 | 339 | 4.47 |
20–34 | 5292 | 69.72 |
35–49 | 1959 | 25.82 |
Maternal education | ||
No formal education | 4791 | 63.12 |
Primary | 2150 | 28.32 |
Secondary and above | 649 | 8.55 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 2882 | 37.97 |
Muslim | 1652 | 21.76 |
Protestant | 2824 | 37.21 |
Other | 232 | 3.06 |
Marital status | ||
Married | 7109 | 93.66 |
Not married | 481 | 6.34 |
Occupation | ||
Working | 4078 | 53.73 |
Not working | 3512 | 46.27 |
Wealth index | ||
Poor | 3306 | 43.55 |
Middle | 1588 | 20.93 |
Rich | 2696 | 35.52 |
Media exposure | ||
Yes | 2621 | 34.53 |
No | 4969 | 65.47 |
Household size | ||
1 to 3 | 1033 | 13.61 |
4 to 6 | 3889 | 51.23 |
7 and above | 2668 | 35.26 |
Parity | ||
Primiparous | 1434 | 18.90 |
Multiparous | 3190 | 41.02 |
Grand multiparous | 2966 | 39.08 |
Ever had of terminating a pregnancy | ||
Yes | 6910 | 91.04 |
No | 680 | 8.96 |
Distance from the health facility | ||
Big problem | 4407 | 58.06 |
Not a big problem | 3183 | 41.94 |
Residence | ||
Urban | 969 | 12.77 |
Rural | 6621 | 87.23 |
Region | ||
Large central | 6900 | 90.90 |
Small peripheral | 441 | 5.81 |
Metropolitan | 249 | 3.28 |