Table 1 Descriptive statistics of socio-demographic characteristics of mothers in the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 421)
Variables | Categories | Frequencies | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Maternal age | < 35 | 366 | 87.0 |
≥ 35 years old | 55 | 13.0 | |
Residence | Urban | 368 | 87.4 |
Rural | 53 | 12.6 | |
Marital status | Married | 375 | 89.0 |
Unmarried | 37 | 8.9 | |
Divorced | 9 | 2.1 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 349 | 83.0 |
Muslim | 69 | 16.3 | |
Protestant | 3 | .7 | |
Educational Status | Illiterate | 46 | 10.9 |
Read and write | 32 | 7.6 | |
Complete primary education | 48 | 11.4 | |
Complete second education | 85 | 20.2 | |
Diploma and above | 210 | 49.9 | |
Maternal job | Housewife | 165 | 39.2 |
Student | 29 | 6.9 | |
Government employee | 171 | 40.6 | |
Private business | 56 | 13.3 | |
Income (in Ethiopian birr) | ≤ 1210 | 79 | 18.8 |
1211–8970 | 233 | 55.3 | |
> 8970 | 109 | 25.9 | |
Ethnicity | Amhara | 376 | 89.3 |
Qimant | 19 | 4.5 | |
Tigre | 10 | 2.4 | |
Others | 16 | 3.8 | |
Family size | < 4 | 351 | 83.4 |
4–7 | 67 | 15.9 | |
> 7 | 3 | .7 |