Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of women who visited public health facilities in Mekelle city Tigray, Ethiopia, 2014
From: Postnatal care utilization among urban women in northern Ethiopia: cross-sectional survey
Variable – N = 367 | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
15–19 | 16 | 4.4 |
20–24 | 124 | 33.7 |
25–29 | 148 | 40.3 |
30–34 | 52 | 14.2 |
35+ | 27 | 7.4 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 317 | 86.3 |
Muslim | 30 | 8.2 |
Catholic | 12 | 3.3 |
Protestant | 8 | 2.2 |
Marital Status | ||
Married | 318 | 86.6 |
Single | 31 | 8.4 |
Othersa | 18 | 5.0 |
Education | ||
Illiterate | 75 | 20.4 |
primary | 99 | 27.0 |
Secondary | 99 | 27.0 |
College and above | 94 | 25.6 |
Occupation | ||
house wife | 232 | 63.2 |
Governmental employee | 60 | 16.3 |
Private employee | 27 | 7.4 |
Merchant | 26 | 7.1 |
Daily work | 22 | 6.0 |
Education of Husband | ||
Illiterate | 42 | 11.4 |
primary | 92 | 25.1 |
Secondary | 97 | 26.4 |
college and above | 136 | 37.1 |
Occupation of Husband | ||
governmental employee | 104 | 28.3 |
private employee | 103 | 28.1 |
Merchant | 72 | 19.6 |
daily work | 88 | 24.0 |