Table 1: Socio-demographic characteristics of participants in Hadiya Zone public Hospitals, Ethiopia, 2016 (n = 263).

Variables Categories Frequency N (%)
Age group 18-29 70 26.6%
30-39 125 47.5%
40-49 68 25.86%
Ethnicity of mother Hadiya 169 64.25%
Amhara 27 10.26%
Gurage 32 12.17%
Kambata 16 6.1%
Silte 19 7.2%
Religion Protestants 101 38.4%
Orthodox 84 32%
Muslim 53 20.15%
Catholic 20 7.6%
Adventist 5 1.9%
Educational status cannot read write 43 16.35%
can read & write 49 18.63%
Primary 97 36.9%
Secondary 55 21%
college & above 19 7.22%
Occupation Merchant 87 33.1%
Housewife 92 35%
Employer 45 17.11%
Daily laborer 22 8.4%
Students 17 6.5%
Residence Urban 203 77.2%
Rural 60 22.8%
Wealth index Poorest 57 21.7%
Poor 49 18.6%
Medium 55 21%
Rich 53 20.15%
Richest 49 18.6%