Table 1 Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of urban and rural mothers who gave birth within the past 2 years in Mana district, Ethiopia, 2017
Variables | Frequency (%) | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | ||
Age of the mother | |||
15–24 | 293(41.1) | 210 (29.5) | 503 (35.3) |
25–39 | 414 (58.1) | 492 (69.2) | 906 (63.6) |
40–49 | 6 (0.8) | 9 (1.3) | 15 (1.05) |
Ethnicity | |||
Oromo | 403 (56.5) | 635 (89.3) | 1038 (73.0) |
Amhara | 141 (19.8) | 40 (5.6) | 181 (12.7) |
Gurage | 111 (15.6) | 13 (1.8) | 124 (8.7) |
Tigre | 29 (4.1) | 0 | 29 (2.03) |
Others | 29 (4.1) | 23 (3.2) | 52 (3.6) |
Religion | |||
Muslim | 384 (53.9) | 645 (90.7) | 1029 (72.2) |
Orthodox | 218 (30.6) | 58 (8.2) | 276 (19.3) |
Protestant | 103 (14.4) | 7 (1.0) | 110 (7.7) |
Other | 8 (1.1) | 1 (1) | 9 (0.6) |
Educational status of the mother | |||
Unable to read and write | 31 (4.3) | 366 (51.5) | 397 (28.0) |
Can read and write only | 106 (14.9) | 163 (22.9) | 269 (19.0) |
Primary and above | 576 (80.8) | 182 (25.6) | 758 (53.2) |
Educational status of the husband | |||
Unable to read and write | 8 (1.1) | 174 (24.5) | 182 (13.0) |
Can read and write only | 21 (2.9) | 215 (30.2) | 236 (16.5) |
Primary and above | 653 (91.6) | 317 (44.6) | 970 (68.1) |
Marital status | |||
Married | 662 (92.8) | 678 (95.4) | 1340 (94.1) |
Single, divorced & widowed | 51 (7.2) | 33 (4.6) | 84 (6.0) |
Occupation | |||
Farmer | 26 (3.6) | 546 (76.8) | 572 (40.1) |
Merchant | 213 (29.9) | 71 (10.0) | 284 (20.0) |
Government employee | 221 (31.0) | 15 (2.1) | 236 (16.5) |
Daily laborer | 69 (9.7) | 57 (8.0) | 126 (8.8) |
Housewife | 174 (24.4) | 22 (3.1) | 196 (13.7) |
Other | 10 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (0.7) |
Wealth quintile | |||
Poorest | 125 (17.5) | 164 (23.1) | 289 (20.2) |
Poorer | 125 (17.5) | 117 (16.5) | 242 (17.0) |
Middle | 147 (20.6) | 151 (21.4) | 298 (20.9) |
Richer | 172 (24.1) | 133 (18.7) | 305 (21.4) |
Richest | 134 (18.8) | 141 (19.8) | 275 (19.3) |