Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of mother who undergo induction of labor in Amhara regional state referral hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016 (N = 484)
Variables | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Age of the mothers at interview (in year) (mean, SD,26.89 ± 4.68) | ||
18–30 | 405 | 83.7 |
> 30 | 79 | 16.3 |
Marital status of the mothers | ||
Single | 7 | 1.4 |
Married | 476 | 98.4 |
Divorced | 1 | 0.2 |
Religion of the mothers | ||
Orthodox | 358 | 74 |
Muslim | 121 | 25 |
Protestant | 5 | 1 |
Ethnicity of the mothers | ||
Amhara | 437 | 90.3 |
Tigre | 15 | 3.1 |
Oromo | 32 | 6.6 |
Educational status of the mother | ||
Unable to read and write | 125 | 25.8 |
Able to read and write | 28 | 5.8 |
Primary educations | 120 | 24.8 |
Secondary education and above | 211 | 43.6 |
Occupational status of the mothers | ||
House wife | 198 | 40.9 |
Governmental employee | 93 | 19.2 |
Farmer | 65 | 13.4 |
Merchant | 54 | 11.2 |
Self-employee | 42 | 8.7 |
Others | 32 | 6.6 |
Residence | ||
Urban | 334 | 69 |
Rural | 150 | 31 |