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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants at Gondar town, August 2013 (n = 703)

From: Postpartum contraceptive use in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study

Variable

Frequency

Percent

Age

  

15-19

36

5.1

20-24

198

28.2

25-29

259

36.8

30-34

108

15.4

≥35

102

14.5

Marital status

  

Married

606

86.2

Single

46

6.5

Separated/widowed/divorced

51

7.3

Educational attainment

  

No formal education

154

21.9

Primary education

203

28.9

Secondary education

201

28.6

Tertiary education

145

20.6

Husband Educational attainment (n=606)*

No formal education

42

6.9

Primary education

113

18.6

Secondary education

241

39.8

Tertiary education

210

34.7

Religion

  

Orthodox Christian

577

82.1

Muslim

107

15.2

Other**

19

2.7

Ethnicity

  

Amhara

672

95.6

Tigre

30

4.3

Oromia

1

0.1

Occupational status

  

House wife

373

53.1

Government employee

130

18.5

Merchant

92

13.1

Student

46

6.5

Daily laborer

56

8.0

Other***

6

0.9

  1. *Among those married women **Protestant and Judaism ***job seekers, Tella (alcohol) sellers.