Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of the women in south Ethiopia, 2018
From: Incidence and determinants of neonatal near miss in south Ethiopia: a prospective cohort study
Variables | Number (%) |
|---|---|
Place of residence | |
Rural | 1309 (48.4) |
Urban | 1395 (51.6) |
Age | |
 < =20 | 384 (14.2) |
21–35 | 2252 (83.3) |
 > 35 | 68 (2.5) |
Marital status | |
Married | 2682 (99.2) |
Single | 16 (0.6) |
Divorced / Widowed | 6 (0.2) |
Religion | |
Protestant | 1654 (61.2) |
Ethiopian Orthodox | 566 (20.9) |
Muslim | 345 (12.8) |
Catholic | 105 (3.9) |
Others* | 34 (1.3) |
Maternal education | |
Cannot read and write | 117 (4.3) |
Able to read and write but no schooling | 140 (5.2) |
Primary school | 959 (35.5) |
Secondary school | 1364 (50.4) |
College and above | 124 (4.6) |
Maternal Occupation | |
Housewife | 1909 (70.6) |
Student | 164 (6.1) |
Merchant | 181 (6.7) |
Government employee | 124 (4.6) |
Daily labourer | 307 (11.4) |
Other** | 19 (0.7) |
Paternal education | |
Cannot read and write | 33 (1.2) |
Able to read and write but no schooling | 154 (5.7) |
Primary school | 882 (32.6) |
Secondary school | 1396 (51.6) |
College and above | 239 (8.8) |
Paternal occupation | |
Student | 67 (2.5) |
Merchant | 649 (24) |
Government Employee | 241 (8.9) |
Farmer | 483 (17.9) |
Daily labourer | 1018 (37.7) |
Other*** | 244 (9.0) |
Monthly income | |
< =79 USD | 612 (22.6) |
80–121 USD | 824 (30.5) |
122–155 USD | 621 (23) |
 > 155USD | 647 (23.9) |