Table 1 Distribution of socio-demographic characteristics among currently married women in Hawella Tula Sub-city, Hawassa, Southern Ethiopia, 2021
Variables | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Age of respondent (in years) | Â | Â |
≤ 24 | 51 | 11.7 |
25–34 | 214 | 49.1 |
≥ 35 | 171 | 39.2 |
Educational status of the respondent | ||
No formal education | 165 | 37.8 |
Primary school | 153 | 35.1 |
Secondary and above | 118 | 27.1 |
Occupational status of the respondents | ||
Government employed | 131 | 30.0 |
Self employed | 150 | 34.4 |
House wife | 129 | 29.6 |
Others@ | 26 | 6.0 |
Average monthly income of the family (ETB) | ||
≤ 1500 | 154 | 35.3 |
1501–3000 | 125 | 28.7 |
≥ 3001 | 157 | 36.0 |
Religion of respondents | ||
Protestant | 287 | 65.8 |
Orthodox | 92 | 21.1 |
Muslim | 49 | 11.2 |
Others@@ | 8 | 1.8 |
Place of residence | ||
Urban | 127 | 29.1 |
Rural | 309 | 70.9 |
Husband educational status | ||
No formal education | 120 | 27.5 |
Primary School | 156 | 35.8 |
Secondary and Above | 160 | 36.7 |
Ethinicity | ||
Sidama | 275 | 63.1 |
Wolaita | 49 | 11.2 |
Amhara | 47 | 10.8 |
Oromo | 36 | 8.3 |
others@@@ | 29 | 6.7 |
Media access | ||
Yes | 301 | 69 |
No | 135 | 31 |