Table 1 The distribution of study participants by various characteristics in Butajira, 2009
Characteristics | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Age at first Marriage | 6289 | 100.0 |
   20 and over | 838 | 13.3 |
   15-19 | 5069 | 80.6 |
   Less than 15 | 382 | 6.1 |
   Mean (SD) | 16.9 (2.4) |  |
Educational status | 9996 | 100.0 |
   Secondary plus | 1172 | 11.7 |
   Primary | 3906 | 39.1 |
   Never | 4918 | 49.2 |
Residential Ecology | 9996 | 100.0 |
   Urban | 3593 | 35.9 |
   Rural Lowland | 2999 | 30.0 |
   Rural highland | 3404 | 34.1 |
Household size | 9995 | 100.0 |
   Small (less or equal to 4) | 4065 | 40.7 |
   Large (greater than 4) | 5930 | 59.3 |
   Mean (SD) | 5.2 (2.2) |  |
Household livelihood | 9996 | 100.0 |
   Farming | 6503 | 65.1 |
   Trade/Service | 1606 | 16.1 |
   Civil service | 463 | 4.6 |
   Other | 1424 | 14.3 |
Food shortage | 9994 | 100 |
   No | 7185 | 71.9 |
   Yes | 2809 | 28.1 |
Migration status | 9994 | 100.0 |
   In migrant | 3496 | 35.0 |
   Study site | 6498 | 65.0 |
Have a dead child | 5929 | 100.0 |
   No | 3358 | 56.6 |
   Yes | 2571 | 43.4 |
Know pregnancy time | 9994 | 100.0 |
   Yes | 2548 | 63.6 |
   No | 1459 | 36.4 |
Have child sex preference | 9994 | 100.0 |
   Yes | 3798 | 38.0 |
   No | 6196 | 62.0 |