Table 2 Socio-demographic and obstetric characteristics of induced women in public hospitals of Keffa, Sheka and Bench-Maji Zone, Southwest Ethiopia, 2018

Age

19–23

143

32.4

24–28

191

43.3

29–33

69

15.6

≥34

38

8.7

Residence

Urban

247

56

Rural

194

44

Religion

Orthodox

231

52.4

Protestant

112

25.4

Muslim

78

17.7

Catholic

20

4.5

Marital status

Married

414

93.9

Not married

21

4.8

Widowed

4

0.9

Divorced

2

0.5

Educational status

Unable to read and write

84

19

Able to read and write

133

30.2

Primary (1–3, 5–9)

96

21.8

Secondary and above

128

29

Occupational status

Gov’t Employee

65

14.7

House wife

232

52.6

Merchant

70

15.9

Others specify^a

74

16.8

Ethnicity

Bench

92

20.9

Kafficho

186

42.2

Shakacho

94

21.3

Amhara

34

7.7

Oromo

19

4.3

Tigre

6

1.4

Others specify^b

10

2.3

Parity

Primi

227

51.5

Multi

214

48.5

Gestational age

28–36

82

18.6

37–41

258

58.5

≥42

101

22.9

Last child alive (n = 214)

Yes

196

91.6

No

18

8.4

Previous obstetric complications (n = 214)

Yes

24

11.3

No

190

88.7

Analgesia/anesthesia

Yes

16

3.6

No

425

96.4

Pre-induction bishop score

≤5

310

70.3

> 5

131

29.7

Body mass index (kg/m²)

≤24

337

76.4

> 24

104

23.6

Cervical dilatation (cm)

1–2

326

73.9

> 2

115

26.1