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% |