Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of Mothers in Bench-Maji Zone, South West, Ethiopia, September 2015
Variable | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
Maternal age (Mean 25.47,SD 4.4, R 24) | |
15–19 | 21 (2.7) |
20–24 | 319 (41.7) |
25–29 | 271 (35.4) |
30–34 | 109 (14.2) |
> 35 | 45 (5.9) |
Ethnicity n = 765 | |
Bench | 188 (24.6) |
Amhara | 155 (20.3) |
Menit | 148 (19.3) |
Kaffa | 140 (18.3) |
Othera | 134 (17.5) |
Religion n = 765 | |
Protestant | 369 (48.2) |
Orthodox | 281 (36.7) |
Islam | 96 (12.5) |
Otherb | 19 (2.5) |
Maternal Educational level n = 765 | |
Cannot read & write | 306 (40.0) |
Able to read & writed | 22 (2.9) |
Primary school (1–8) | 312 (40.8) |
Secondary &above (9–12+)e | 125 (16.4) |
Maternal occupation n = 765 | |
House wife | 560 (73.2) |
Merchant | 75 (9.8) |
Farmer | 60 (7.8) |
Government Employee | 44 (5.8) |
Otherc | 26 (3.4) |
Maternal Marital Status n = 765 | |
Married | 724 (94.6) |
Single | 23 (3.0) |
Divorced | 15 (2.0) |
Widowed | 3 (0.4) |
Husbands Educational level n = 724 | |
Cannot read & write | 165 (22.8) |
Able to read & writed | 51 (7.0) |
Primary school (1–8) | 308 (42.5) |
Secondary & above (9–12+)e | 200 (27.6) |
Husbands occupation n = 724 | |
Farmer | 263 (36.3) |
Merchant | 248 (34.3) |
Government Employee | 99 (13.7) |
Daily laborer | 85 (11.7) |
Otherc | 29 (4.0) |
Availability of TV/Radio =765 | |
Yes | 483 (63.1) |
No | 282 (36.9) |
Income quartiles n = 765 | |
Lowest | 194 (25.4) |
Middle | 204 (26.7) |
Upper | 367 (48.0) |
Residence n = 765 | |
Urban | 399 (52.2) |
Semi urban | 166 (21.7) |
Rural | 200 (26.1) |