Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of respondents in Bahir Dar town public health facility, North West Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 284)
Variables | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
15–19 | 4 | 1.4 |
20–24 | 130 | 45.8 |
25–29 | 28 | 9.9 |
30–34 | 91 | 32.0 |
35 and above | 31 | 10.9 |
Occupation | ||
House wife | 57 | 20.1 |
Government employee | 182 | 64.1 |
Private business | 45 | 15.8 |
Ethnicity | ||
Amhara | 230 | 81.0 |
Oromo | 14 | 4.9 |
Awi | 25 | 8.8 |
Tigira | 12 | 4.2 |
Others | 3 | 1.1 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 212 | 74.7 |
Protestant | 24 | 8.8 |
Muslim | 48 | 16.9 |
Marital status | ||
Married | 259 | 91.2 |
Divorced | 10 | 3.5 |
Single | 11 | 3.9 |
Widowed | 2 | 0.7 |
Separated | 2 | 0.7 |
Mothers educational status | ||
Illiterate | 13 | 4.6 |
Read and write | 23 | 8.1 |
Elementary school (grade 1–4) | 29 | 10.2 |
Secondary school (grade 5–8) | 23 | 8.1 |
High school (grade 9–12) | 13 | 4.6 |
Diploma and above | 183 | 64.5 |
Family monthly income | ||
< 3000 | 145 | 51.1 |
≥ 3000 | 139 | 48.9 |
Median income 3000 | ||
Residence | ||
Urban | 235 | 82.7 |
Rural | 49 | 17.3 |