Table 1 Socio–demographic characteristics of mothers and child Ambo Woreda Ethiopia, January, 2011
Variable | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Educational status | ||
Illiterate | 257 | 47.9 |
Primary | 201 | 37.5 |
Secondary and above | 78 | 14.6 |
Marital status | ||
Unmarried | 29 | 5.4 |
Married | 472 | 88.1 |
Divorced | 18 | 3.4 |
Widowed | 17 | 3.2 |
Occupation | ||
House wife | 104 | 19.4 |
Gov. Employee | 50 | 9.3 |
Merchant | 65 | 12.1 |
Daily labourer | 77 | 14.4 |
Farmer | 240 | 44.8 |
Ethnicity | ||
Oromo | 507 | 94.6 |
Amhara | 29 | 5.4 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 331 | 61.8 |
Protestant | 160 | 29.9 |
Other | 45 | 8.4 |
Mothers | ||
<20 | 59 | 11.0 |
21-30 | 351 | 65.5 |
31-40 | 114 | 21.3 |
40-50 | 12 | 2.2 |
Sex of child | ||
Male | 274 | 51.1 |
Female | 262 | 48.9 |
Child’s place of delivery | ||
Home | 344 | 64.2 |
Health institution | 192 | 35.8 |