Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of husbands’ involvement in promoting skilled-birth attendants, Deder town, Oromiya, Ethiopia, 2021, (n = 399)
Variables | Frequency | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
20–24 yrs. | 28 | 7.0 |
25–29 yrs. | 124 | 31.1 |
30–34 yrs. | 126 | 31.6 |
>/=35 yrs. | 121 | 30.3 |
Religion | ||
Muslim | 361 | 90.5 |
Orthodox | 22 | 5.5 |
Protestant | 16 | 4.0 |
Ethnicity | ||
Oromo | 375 | 94.0 |
Amhara | 9 | 2.3 |
Harari | 3 | 0.7 |
Gurage | 12 | 3.0 |
Occupation | ||
Merchants | 125 | 31.3 |
Private employee | 60 | 15.0 |
Farmer | 49 | 12.3 |
Government employee | 116 | 29.1 |
Labor work and others | 49 | 12.3 |
Educational status | ||
Read and write only | 46 | 11.5 |
Primary education (grade 1-8) | 57 | 14.3 |
Secondary education (grade 9-12) | 118 | 29.6 |
College and above | 178 | 44.6 |