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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants, Anbesame health center, 2015

From: Helminth infections and practice of prevention and control measures among pregnant women attending antenatal care at Anbesame health center, Northwest Ethiopia

Characteristics

Response

Frequency

Percent

Age in years

<20

40

22.2

20–30

108

60.0

>30

32

17.8

Marital status

Married

176

97.8

Single

2

1.1

Divorced

2

1.1

Educational status

College and above

6

3.3

High school

6

3.3

Elementary

36

20.0

Illiterate

132

73.3

Occupation

Farmer

8

4.4

Government employee

8

4.4

Merchant

4

2.2

House wife

160

88.9

Family size

2

40

22.2

3

18

10.0

4

20

11.1

5

22

12.2

6

28

15.6

7

34

18.9

8

14

7.8

9

4

2.2