Table 1 Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of mothers who gave live births in the randomly selected hospitals of Tigray region, northern Ethiopia, April-July, 2014 (n = 1152)
Characteristics | No. | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Hospital | ||
Ayder Referral Hospital | 139 | 12.1 |
Adwa Hospital | 198 | 17.2 |
Lemlem Karl Hospital | 147 | 12.8 |
Suhl Hospital | 143 | 12.4 |
Kahsay Abera Hospital | 102 | 8.8 |
Kidist maram Hospital | 213 | 18.5 |
Adigrat Hospital | 210 | 18.2 |
Age at marriage | ||
< 18 year | 68 | 31.9 |
≥ 18 year | 784 | 68.1 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 1084 | 94.1 |
Other | 68 | 5.9 |
Residence | ||
Rural | 397 | 34.5 |
Urban | 755 | 65.5 |
Educational status | ||
Unable to read | 275 | 23.9 |
Primary | 338 | 29.3 |
Secondary | 361 | 31.3 |
Tertiary | 178 | 15.5 |
Monthly income | ||
Poor | 327 | 32.19 |
Medium | 316 | 31.1 |
Rich | 373 | 36.71 |
Marital status | ||
Married | 1071 | 93.0 |
Other | 81 | 7.0 |