Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants in Dilla Town, southern, Ethiopia, 2020
Variables | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Age of the women | ||
19–24 | 160 | 27.8% |
25–34 | 278 | 48.2% |
≥ 35 | 138 | 24.0% |
Marital status | ||
Married | 403 | 70% |
Single | 133 | 23.1% |
(divorced & widowed) | 40 | 6.9% |
Religion | ||
Protestant | 324 | 56.3% |
Orthodox | 159 | 27.7% |
Muslim | 49 | 8.5% |
Catholic | 33 | 5.6% |
Others | 11 | 1.9% |
Ethnicity | ||
Gedeo | 274 | 47.6% |
Oromo | 90 | 15.6% |
Sidama | 74 | 12.9% |
Gurage | 101 | 17.5% |
Others | 37 | 6.4% |
Education level of women | ||
No formal education | 35 | 6.1% |
Read and write | 40 | 6.9% |
Primary completed | 289 | 50.2% |
Secondary and above | 212 | 36.8% |
Occupation status of women | ||
Housewife | 280 | 48.6% |
Government employee | 134 | 23.3% |
Private employee | 77 | 13.4% |
Merchant | 75 | 13.0% |
Others (Daily laborer & student) | 10 | 1.7% |
Wealth status | ||
Lowest | 107 | 18.6% |
Second | 137 | 23.8% |
Middle | 113 | 19.6% |
Fourth | 96 | 16.7% |
Highest | 123 | 21.3% |