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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents at Shashemene town hospitals, 2019 (n = 420)

From: Respectful focused antenatal care and associated factors among pregnant women who visit Shashemene town public hospitals, Oromia region, Ethiopia: a cross‐sectional study

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