Fear of childbirth among pregnant women attending antenatal care in Arba Minch town, southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Socio-demographic status of pregnant women attended ANC at public health facilities in Arba Minch town, Southern Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 387)

Variable	Category	Frequency	Percent
Age in years	18–19	14	3.6
	20–24	121	31.3
	25–29	127	32.8
	30–34	97	25.1
	35–39	21	5.4
	40–45	7	1.8
Residence	Urban	288	74.4
Residence	Rural	99	25.6
Marital status	Single	21	5.4
	Married	364	94.1
	Divorced	2	0.5
Occupational status	Employed	124	32.0
	House wife	180	46.5
	Self-employed	54	14.0
	Daily laborer	9	2.3
	Student	12	3.1
	Other^a	8	2.1
Educational status	No formal education	28	7.2
	Primary education	117	30.2
	Secondary education	106	27.4
	College and above	136	35.2
Religion	Orthodox Christian	175	45.2
	Protestant Christian	168	43.4
	Muslim	24	6.2
	Catholic	17	4.4
	Others^b	3	0.8
Ethnicity	Gamo	190	49.1
	Gofa	91	23.5
	Wolayta	45	11.6
	Amhara	25	6.5
	Oromo	22	5.7
	Other^c	14	3.6

^awood collecting, farmer, jobless, other ^bAdventist, Jehovah^,s witness, ^cKonso, Gurage, Tigrie, Sidama, Zeyse

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