Table 1 Characteristics of 1420 study participants in Dabat, rural Ethiopia

Woman’s education (N = 1420)

No education

890

63

Any education

530

37

Woman’s age (N = 1420)

15–20 years

495

35

21–30 years

452

32

31–49 years

473

33

* Parity (N = 1410)

0

446

32

1–3

391

27

4–5

281

20

6–13

292

21

Occupation (N = 1420)

Housewife

964

68

Student

298

21

Farmer/other

158

11

* Household wealth (N = 1293)

Least poor

363

28

Middle

459

36

Poorest

471

36

Religion (N = 1420)

Orthodox Christian

1409

99

Ethnicity (N = 1420)

Amhara

1420

100