Skip to main content

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants, Adama town, April 2015

From: Utilization of long-acting and permanent contraceptive methods and associated factors among married women in Adama town, Central Ethiopia: community based cross-sectional study

S/No

Socio demography

frequency

Percentage

1

Age

15–24

128

24.3

25–34

297

56.5

35–44

87

16.5

> 45

14

2.7

2

Religion

Orthodox

297

56.5

Muslim

130

24.7

Protestant

99

16.9

Others*

10

1.9

3

Educational status

No education

49

9.3

Only read and write

30

5.7

Elementary [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]

161

30.6

Secondary [9, 10]

107

20.3

Senior secondary [11, 12]

66

12.5

Diploma and above

113

21.5

4

Family size

2–3

246

46.8

4–5

213

40.5

> 5

67

12.7

  1. Others*: catholic and Adventist