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

From: Respectful maternity care during labor and childbirth and associated factors among women who gave birth at health institutions in the West Shewa zone, Oromia region, Central Ethiopia

Characteristics

Categories

Number (N = 567)

Percent (%)

Type of Institution

Health center

263

46.4

Primary Hospital

157

27.7

General Hospital

147

25.9

Age in years

17–24

192

33.9

25–29

205

36.2

More than 29

170

30.0

Marital Status

Married

546

96.3

Other marital Statusa

21

3.7

Religion

Orthodox

225

39.7

Protestant

303

53.4

Muslim

31

5.5

Other Religionb

8

1.4

Ethnicity

Oromo

530

93.5

Amhara

30

5.3

Other Ethnicityc

7

1.3

Educational Status

Unable to read & write

86

15.2

Able to read and write

60

10.6

Primary education

150

26.5

Secondary Education

133

23.5

Collage and above

138

24.3

Mothers Occupation

Government Employee

123

21.7

Housewife

202

35.6

Farmers

85

15.0

Merchant

78

13.8

Private Employee’

66

11.6

Other Occupationd

13

2.3

Mothers Residence

Urban

395

69.7

Rural

172

30.3

Average Monthly Income

Less than 2000

294

51.9

More than 2000

273

48.1

Mean = 2787.1 with SD of 2450.85 Ethiopian Birr, Median = 2000.00

  1. Keys: aDivorced, widowed & single, bWakefata & Catholic, cGurage & Tigre, dStudent & Daily laborers