Table 1 Socio-demographic and socio-economic characteristics of pregnant women attending ANC clinic at Debre tabor town public health institutions, 2021(n = 417)
Variable | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
15–24 | 92 | 22 |
25–29 | 186 | 44.6 |
30–34 | 92 | 22.1 |
35–39 | 47 | 11.3 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 374 | 89.7 |
Muslim | 35 | 8.4 |
Protestant | 8 | 1.9 |
Ethnicity | ||
Amhara | 394 | 94.5 |
Others(a) | 23 | 5.5 |
Residence | ||
Urban | 303 | 72.7 |
Rural | 114 | 27.3 |
Educational status | ||
No education | 101 | 24.2 |
Primary | 62 | 14.9 |
Secondary | 131 | 31.4 |
College and above | 123 | 29.5 |
Occupational status | ||
Housewife | 183 | 43.9 |
Government employee | 116 | 27.8 |
Private employee | 57 | 13.7 |
Daily laborer | 30 | 7.2 |
Farmer | 21 | 5.0 |
Student | 10 | 2.4 |
Current marital status | ||
Married | 394 | 94.5 |
Divorced | 23 | 5.5 |
Husband educational status(n = 394) | ||
No education | 78 | 19.8 |
Primary | 95. | 24.1 |
Secondary | 100 | 25.4 |
College and above | 121 | 30.7 |
Husband occupational status(n = 394) | ||
Private employee | 60 | 15.2 |
Daily laborer | 55 | 14 |
Merchant | 91 | 23.1 |
Farmer | 75 | 19 |
Government employee | 113 | 28.7 |
Household average monthly income | ||
≤1000 | 10 | 2.4 |
1001–1500 | 71 | 17.0 |
1501–2500 | 121 | 29.0 |
≥2501 | 215 | 51.6 |