Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants in Debre-Tabor Town, northwest Ethiopia, 2022
Study variable | Categories of variable | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Age of housemaid | ≤ 19 | 193 | 45.6 |
20–24 | 152 | 35.9 | |
≥ 25 | 78 | 18.4 | |
Previous residence of housemaids | rural | 249 | 58.9 |
urban | 174 | 41.1 | |
Marital status of housemaids | single | 381 | 90.1 |
Divorced | 17 | 4.0 | |
Widowed | 25 | 5.9 | |
Educational status of housemaid | Illiterate | 84 | 19.9 |
Primary education | 94 | 22.2 | |
Secondary education | 73 | 17.3 | |
college education and above | 172 | 40.7 | |
Housemaid religion | Orthodox | 296 | 70.0 |
Muslim | 40 | 9.5 | |
Others | 87 | 20.6 | |
Family situation of housemaids | Both alive | 206 | 48.7 |
Only father alive | 83 | 19.6 | |
Only mother alive | 79 | 18.7 | |
* | Both dead | 55 | 13.0 |
Frist sex before now | No | 242 | 57.2 |
Yes | 181 | 42.8 | |
Salary of housemaid | < 750 | 208 | 49.2 |
750–1000 | 195 | 46.1 | |
> 1000 | 20 | 4.7 | |
Working experience | < 2 years | 224 | 53 |
2-4 years | 68 | 16.1 | |
> 4 years | 131 | 31 |