Contraception and Reproductive Medicine

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of women in the first year of postpartum period in Kolfe Keranyo sub city, Addis Ababa, 2015

From: Family planning use and its associated factors among women in the extended postpartum period in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Variables		Frequency	Percent
Age
	15–19	16	2.0
	20–34	675	84.1
	35–49	112	13.9
Educational status
	No formal education	89	11.1
	Primary	275	34.2
	Secondary	242	30.1
	Above Secondary	197	24.5
Marital status
	Married	748	93.2
	Unmarried	55	6.8
Ethnicity
	Amhara	321	40.0
	Oromo	178	22.2
	Tigre	70	8.7
	Gurage	142	17.7
	Siltie	51	6.4
	Other	41	5.0
Occupation
	Housewife	468	58.3
	Merchant	84	10.5
	Daily Labourer	22	2.7
	Gov/ Private Employee	195	24.3
	Other	34	4.2
Religion
	Orthodox	454	56.5
	Catholic	31	3.9
	Protestant	109	13.6
	Muslim	209	26.0
Spouse’s educational status (773)
	No formal education	18	2.2
	Primary	258	258
	Secondary	210	210
	Above Secondary	287	287
Spouse’s occupation(773)
	Merchant	256	33.1
	Daily Labourer	160	20.7
	Gov/ Private Employee	245	31.7
	Other	112	14.5

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