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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristic of reproductive age women towards Ethiopian current abortion law in Bahir Dar city, northwest Ethiopia, 2017

From: Knowledge and attitude of reproductive age group (15–49) women towards Ethiopian current abortion law and associated factors in Bahir Dar city, Ethiopia

Variable

Categories

Frequency

Percentage

Age

<  24

182

47.15

 

25–29

80

20.73

 

30–34

47

12.18

 

>  35

77

19.9

Level of education

Unable to read and write

67

17.34

 

Primary

92

23.83

 

Secondary

122

31.61

 

College and above

105

27.2

Religion

Orthodox

330

85.5

 

Muslim

44

11.4

 

Catholic

2

0.52

 

Protestant

6

1.55

 

Other

4

1.04

Occupation

Student

109

28.24

 

Government employee

78

20.21

 

Private employee

98

25.39

 

House Wife

101

26.17

Current marital status

Single

180

46.6

 

Married

176

45.6

 

Divorced

18

4.7

 

Widowed

12

3.1

Partner education level

Unable to read and write

23

13.1

 

Primary

41

23.3

 

Secondary

50

28.4

 

college and above

62

35.2

Partner occupation

Student

4

2.3

 

Government employee

69

39.2

 

Private employee

90

51.1

 

Merchant

13

7.4

Monthly income (in Ethiopian Birr)

<  74 USD

289

74.87

74.1–148.1 USD

65

16.84

 

>  148.2 USD

32

8.29

 

Total

386

 
  1. Other: Wahhabi, Atheist, USD: United States Dollar