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% |