Table 1 Socio- demographic characters of pregnant women attending ANC at WURH, West Ethiopia, 2019
Variable | Category | Frequency | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 20–30 | 156 | 54.5 |
30–40 | 85 | 29.7 | |
> 40 | 45 | 15.7 | |
Marital status | Married | 264 | 92.3 |
Single | 6 | 2.1 | |
Divorced | 7 | 2.4 | |
Widowed | 7 | 2.4 | |
Separated | 2 | 0.7 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 107 | 37.4 |
Protestant | 114 | 39.9 | |
Muslim | 59 | 20.6 | |
Catholic | 6 | 2.1 | |
Occupation | Housewife | 58 | 20.3 |
Employed | 76 | 26.6 | |
Farmer | 75 | 26.2 | |
Daily labor | 23 | 8 | |
Merchant | 54 | 18.9 | |
Ethnicity | Oromo | 244 | 85.3 |
Amara | 36 | 12.6 | |
Gurage | 6 | 2.1 | |
Monthly income (Ethiopian birr) | < 1000 | 11 | 3.8 |
1000–2000 | 129 | 45.1 | |
2000–4000 | 114 | 39.9 | |
> 4000 | 32 | 11.2 | |
Educational status | Uneducated | 59 | 20.6 |
Read and write only | 29 | 10.1 | |
Primary | 36 | 12.6 | |
Secondary | 60 | 21 | |
Above secondary | 102 | 35.7 |