Table 2 Shows socio-demographic characteristics of pregnant women in Awash Seven district, Ethiopia
Variables | Categories | No (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age | ≤ 20 | 51 (21.2) |
21–25 | 72 (29.9) | |
26–30 | 66 (27.4) | |
≥ 31 | 52 (21.6) | |
Marital status | Married | 229 (95) |
Unmarried | 12 (5) | |
Religious | Orthodox | 55 (22.8) |
Protestant and catholic | 12 (5) | |
Muslim | 174 (72.2) | |
Ethnicity | Others | 39 (16.2) |
Amhara | 61 (25.3) | |
Afar | 141 (58.5) | |
Residence | Urban | 183 (75.9) |
Rural | 58 (24.1) | |
Educational status | Illiterate | 85 (35.3) |
Primary school | 68 (28.2) | |
Secondary school | 63 (26.1) | |
College and above | 25 (10.4) | |
Occupation | Housewives | 182 (75.5) |
Government employed | 23 (9.5) | |
Merchants | 36 (14.9) | |
Family size / members | Four and below | 176 (73) |
Above four | 65 (27) | |
Average monthly income (Ethiopian birr) | < 1500 | 53 (22) |
1500–3000 | 122 (50.6) | |
3001–4500 | 33 (13.7) | |
> 4500 | 33 (13.7) |