Table 1 Socio- demographic characteristics of delivering women at St Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College and Selam health center Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (July-September, 2012)

Age (in years)

  15-19

20

7.6

  20-24

84

31.7

  25-29

105

39.6

  30-34

36

15.6

  35-40

20

7.6

Marital status

  Married

242

91.3

  Unmarried

22

8.3

  Divorced

1

0.4

  Widowed

0

0.00

Education level

  Illiterate

83

32

  Primary

101

38

  Secondary

58

21.5

  Tertiary

23

8.5

Monthly income (In Ethiopian Birr)

  <500

91

34.3

  500-1000

116

43.8

  1001-1500

22

8.3

  1501-2000

11

4.2

  >2000

25

9.4

Ethnicity

  Oromo

90

34.0

  Gurage

80

30.2

  Amhara

69

26.0

  Tigre

10

3.8

  Siltie

14

5.25

  Others

2

0.75