Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of married women in the reproductive age group in Debre Markos town, North West Ethiopia, April 2012 (n = 519)
Variables | n (%) | |
|---|---|---|
Age | 15–19 | 30 (5.8) |
20–24 | 120 (23.1) | |
25–29 | 129 (24.9) | |
30–34 | 85 (16.4) | |
35–39 | 84 (16.2) | |
40–44 | 52 (10.0) | |
45–49 | 19 (3.7) | |
Ethnicity | Amhara | 484 (93.3) |
Oromo | 12 (2.3) | |
Tigre | 10 (1.9) | |
Agawu | 10 (1.9) | |
Others* | 3 (0.6) | |
Religion | Orthodox | 422 (81.3) |
Muslim | 67 (12.9) | |
Protestant | 20 (3.9) | |
Catholic | 10 (1.9) | |
Respondents educational status | Can’t read & write | 101 (19.5) |
Read and write only | 71 (13.7) | |
Primary school (1–8) | 95 (18.3) | |
Secondary (9–12) | 156 (30.1) | |
Above 12 | 96 (18.5) | |
Husbands education status | Can’t read & write | 36 (6.9) |
Read and write only | 74 (14.3) | |
Primary school (1–8) | 83 (16.0) | |
Secondary (9–12) | 132 (25.4) | |
Above 12 grade | 194 (37.4) | |
Respondents occupational status | House wife | 235 (45.3) |
Merchant | 101 (19.5) | |
Farmer | 12 (2.3) | |
Daily labourer | 50 (9.6) | |
Government employee | 100 (19.3) | |
Student | 21 (4.0) | |
Husband’s occupation | Merchant | 139 (26.8) |
Farmer | 45 (8.7) | |
Daily labourer | 95 (18.3) | |
Government employee | 219 (42.2) | |
Private work | 21 (4.0) | |