Utilization of skilled birth attendant at birth and associated factors among women who gave birth in the last 24 months preceding the survey in Gura Dhamole Woreda, Bale zone, southeast Ethiopia

Table 1 Socio-demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the respondents in Gura Dhamole woreda, Bale zone, Southeast Ethiopia, April, 2017

Variable	Response	Frequency	Percentage
Age	15–19	39	10.1
	20–24	117	30.2
	25–29	125	32.3
	30–34	52	13.4
	35–44	43	11.1
	40–44	11	2.8
Place of residence	Urban	65	16.8
Place of residence	Rural	322	83.2
Educational status of Respondents	No formal Education	246	63.6
Educational status of Respondents	Primary Education Secondary and above	10,833	27.98.5
Educational status of husband (n = 383)	No formal Education Primary Education	197	51.4
Educational status of husband (n = 383)	Secondary and above	13,749	35.812.8
Occupational status of mother	House wife Farmer and Livestock rearing	257	66.4
	Government employed	91	23.5
	Merchant and Other^a	1524	3.96.2
Occupational status of husband (n = 383)	Farmer	219	57.2
	Livestock rearing	112	29.2
	Government employed	25	6.5
	Merchant, Daily labourer and Other^a	27	7
Family size	≤4	142	36.7
	5–6	110	28.4
	≥7	135	34.9
Monthly income (n = 386)	< 500	55	14.2
	500–1000	117	30.3
	≥1001	214	55.4
Means of communication	Radio	208	53.7
	TV /Telephone	23	6
	Mobile phone	168	43.4
	None	116	30

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