Table 1 Socio-Demographic characteristics of mothers, who gave birth in the last 1 year, Ambo town, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2018(n = 401)
Variables | frequency | percentage |
|---|---|---|
Age categories | ||
18–24 age | 112 | 27.9 |
25–34 age | 245 | 61.1 |
>=35 age | 44 | 11 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 167 | 41.6 |
Muslim | 11 | 2.7 |
Catholic | 18 | 4.5 |
Protestant | 201 | 50.1 |
Wekefata | 4 | 1 |
Ethnicity | ||
Amhara | 17 | 4.2 |
Tigre | 1 | 0.2 |
Oromo | 383 | 95.5 |
Mother’s occupation | ||
House wife | 274 | 68.3 |
merchants | 46 | 11.5 |
Employed | 81 | 20.2 |
Husbands Occupation | ||
Farmers | 26 | 7.3 |
Un employed | 22 | 6.1 |
Merchants | 49 | 13.7 |
Daily labor | 93 | 26 |
Employed | 168 | 46.9 |
Husband’s Educational status | ||
no formal education | 21 | 5.9 |
Grade 1–8 | 91 | 25.4 |
Grade 9–12 | 82 | 22.9 |
College and above | 164 | 45.8 |
no formal education | 38 | 9.5 |
Grade 1–8 | 153 | 38.2 |
Grade 9–12 | 97 | 24.2 |
College and above | 113 | 28.2 |
monthly income | ||
<=1650 | 111 | 27.7 |
1651–3200 | 142 | 35.4 |
3201–5250 | 85 | 21.2 |
>=5251 | 63 | 15.7 |