Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents at Public Health Facilities in Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia, 2021
Variables | No | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Respondents age group | 15–19 | 96 | 16.7 |
20–24 | 253 | 43.9 | |
25 and more | 227 | 39.4 | |
Types of Clients | Repeat | 378 | 65.6% |
New | 198 | 34.4% | |
Religion | Orthodox | 208 | 36.1 |
Muslim | 236 | 41.0 | |
Protestant | 84 | 14.6 | |
Catholic | 48 | 8.3 | |
Ethnicity | Oromo | 341 | 59.2 |
Somali | 208 | 36.1 | |
Amhara | 27 | 4.7 | |
Place of Residence | Urban | 392 | 68.1 |
Rural | 184 | 31.9 | |
Educational status | Not read and write | 222 | 38.1 |
Primary school | 203 | 36.0 | |
Secondary school & above | 151 | 25.9 | |
Occupation | Housewife | 270 | 46.9 |
Employee | 116 | 20.1 | |
Merchant | 96 | 16.7 | |
Daily labourer | 94 | 12.4 | |
Marital status | Not married (single) | 24 | 4.2 |
Married & live together | 512 | 88.9 | |
Widowed &divorced | 40 | 6.9 | |
Have you ever discussed about | Yes | 512 | 88.9 |
F/P with your husband/partner? | No | 64 | 11.1 |