Variables | Category | Frequency | Percentage |
---|---|---|---|
Age | 20–25 | 181 | 43.1 |
26–30 | 224 | 53.3 | |
31–35 | 15 | 3.6 | |
Marital status | Married | 370 | 87.7 |
Divorced | 19 | 4.5 | |
Widowed | 20 | 4.7 | |
Single | 11 | 2.6 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 233 | 55.5 |
Muslim | 73 | 17.4 | |
Protestant | 114 | 27.1 | |
Ethnicity | Oromo | 310 | 73.8% |
Amhara | 90 | 21.4% | |
Tigre | 8 | 1.9% | |
Wolyita and Sidama | 12 | 2.9% | |
Occupation | Housewife | 235 | 56.0 |
Private employee | 15 | 3.6 | |
Government employee | 84 | 20.0 | |
Merchants | 57 | 13.6 | |
Daily workers | 29 | 6.9 | |
Residence | Urban | 227 | 54.0 |
Rural | 193 | 46.0 | |
Educational status of mothers | No formal education | 194 | 46.2 |
Primary (1–8) | 58 | 13.8 | |
Secondary (9–12) | 42 | 10.0 | |
Collage and above | 126 | 30.0 | |
Husbands educational status | No formal education | 99 | 23.6 |
Primary and secondary | 122 | 29.0 | |
Collage and above | 199 | 47.4 | |
Average family monthly income | < 3000 birr | 237 | 56.4 |
≥ 3000 birr | 183 | 43.6 | |
Family size | 1–3 | 157 | 37.4 |
>3 | 263 | 62.6 |