Variables | Place of residence | Total (n = 563) no. (%) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Rural (n = 279) no (%) | Urban (n = 284) no. (%) | |||
Ethnicity | Agew | 257 (92.1) | 140 (49.3) | 397 (70.5) |
Amhara | 22 (7.9) | 144 (50.7) | 166 (29.5) | |
Educational status | No education | 206 (73.8) | 49 (17.3) | 255 (45.3) |
Primary | 56 (20.1) | 91 (32.0) | 147 (26.1) | |
Secondary | 15 (5.4) | 68 (23.9) | 83 (14.7) | |
College and above | 2 (0.7) | 76 (26.8) | 78 (13.9) | |
Marital status | Married | 270 (96.8) | 279 (98.2) | 549 (97.5) |
Widowed | 3 (1.1) | 3(1.1) | 6 (1.1) | |
Divorced | 6 (2.2) | 2(0.7) | 8 (1.4) | |
Occupation | Housewife | 10 (3.6) | 142 (50.0) | 152 (27) |
Farmer | 260 (93.2) | 12 (4.2) | 272 (48.3) | |
Merchant | 1 (0.4) | 43 (15.1) | 44 (7.8) | |
Civil servant | 2 (0.7) | 69 (24.3) | 71(12.6) | |
Student | 2 (0.7) | 12 (4.2) | 14 (2.5) | |
Other | 4 (1.4) | 6 (2.1) | 10 (1.8) | |
Sex of index child | Male | 143 (51.3) | 146 (51.4) | 289 (51.3) |
Female | 136 (48.7) | 138 (48.6) | 274 (48.7) |