Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of pregnant women attending ANC in selected health institutions in Dawuro Zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia 2015 (n = 289)
Variables frequency % | ||
|---|---|---|
Age(years) | ||
15–24 | 121 | 41.9 |
25–34 | 129 | 44.6 |
35–44 | 39 | 13.5 |
Educational level | ||
No formal education | 103 | 35.7 |
Primary (1–8) | 144 | 49.8 |
Secondary and higher | 42 | 14.5 |
Occupation | ||
House wife | 235 | 81.3 |
Merchant | 17 | 5.9 |
Gov’tal employee | 28 | 9.7 |
Others* | 9 | 3.1 |
Residence | ||
Rural | 201 | 69.6 |
Urban | 88 | 30.4 |
Religion | ||
Protestant | 211 | 73.0 |
Orthodox | 71 | 24.6 |
Others** | 7 | 2.4 |
Ethnicity | ||
Dawuro | 280 | 96.9 |
Others*** | 9 | 3.1 |
Marital status | ||
Married | 284 | 98.3 |
Separated | 5 | 1.7 |