Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of the respondents (n = 129), Mettu Karl Referral Hospital, South West Ethiopia, 2018
Variables | Frequency | % |
|---|---|---|
Place of residence | ||
Rural | 53 | 41.1 |
Urban | 76 | 58.9 |
Age of respondents | ||
< =24 | 30 | 23.3 |
25–29 | 47 | 36.4 |
30–34 | 37 | 28.7 |
> =35 | 15 | 11.6 |
Mean ± SD | 25.87 ± 4.757 | |
Marital status | ||
Married | 113 | 87.6 |
Single | 5 | 3.9 |
Divorced | 3 | 2.3 |
Widowed | 4 | 3.1 |
Separated | 4 | 3.1 |
Religion | ||
Muslim | 37 | 28.7 |
Orthodox | 45 | 34.9 |
Protestant | 46 | 35.7 |
Catholic | 1 | .8 |
Ethnicity | ||
Oromo | 97 | 75.2 |
Amhara | 21 | 16.3 |
Tigre | 7 | 5.4 |
Othera | 4 | 3.1 |
Respondent‘s educational status | ||
Unable to write and read | 13 | 10.1 |
Able to read and write | 29 | 22.5 |
Primary | 33 | 25.6 |
Secondary | 23 | 17.8 |
Certificate and above | 31 | 24.0 |
Respondent‘s occupational status | ||
House wife | 74 | 57.4 |
Governmental Employee | 29 | 22.5 |
Merchant | 24 | 18.6 |
Student | 2 | 1.6 |
Husband occupational status | ||
Farmer | 40 | 31.0 |
Governmental employee | 38 | 29.5 |
NGO employee | 7 | 5.4 |
Merchant | 35 | 27.1 |
Husband educational status | ||
Unable to write and read | 27 | 20.9 |
Able to read and write | 29 | 22.5 |
Primary | 24 | 18.6 |
Secondary | 25 | 19.4 |
Certificate and above | 24 | 18.6 |
Ever had more than one partner | ||
Yes | 18 | 14.0 |
No | 111 | 86.0 |