Suboptimal child spacing practice and its associated factors among women of child bearing age in Serbo town, JIMMA zone, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristic of mothers of child bearing age in Serbo town Jimma Zone Southwest Ethiopia, 2017 (N = 314)

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percent
Age of the mother	15–19	2	.6
	20–24	32	10.2
	25–29	109	34.7
	30–34	78	24.8
	35–39	59	18.8
	> = 40	34	10.8
Marital status	Married	292	93.0
Marital status	Others *	22	7.0
Age at first marriage	< 18 years	99	31.5
Age at first marriage	> = 18 years	215	68.5
Religion	Orthodox	34	10.8
	Protestant	34	10.8
	Muslim	235	74.8
	Others**	11	3.5
Ethnicity	Oromo	266	84.7
	Amhara	18	5.7
	Gurhage	17	5.4
	Tigray	6	1.9
	Others **^a	7	2.2
Education	Illiterate	115	36.6
	Read and write	37	11.8
	Elementary	111	35.4
	Secondary and above	51	16.2
Occupation	Employ of government or NGO	43	13.7
	House wife	209	66.6
	Merchant	41	13.1
	Others **^b	21	6.7
Monthly income	< 1000 birr (37 US dollar)	171	54.5
	1000–1999 birr (37–74 $)	91	29.0
	2000–2999 birr (74–111$)	37	11.8
	≥ 3000 birr (≥112$)	15	4.8

*others: single, Divorced & widowed. **others: Wakefata & Catholic. **^a Others: Wolayita, Silte & Dawuro. **^bothers: Farmer, Student and daily workers

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