Table 1 Selected socio-demographic individual-level characteristics of women who gave birth in 1 year preceding the study, Yeky district, 2015, (N = 748)
Background characteristics | Category | Number (%) |
|---|---|---|
Residence | Urban | 116 (15.5) |
Rural | 632 (84.5) | |
Current age in years | 16–19 | 50 (6.7) |
20–24 | 241 (32.2) | |
25–29 | 246 (32.9) | |
30–34 | 121 (16.2) | |
≥ 35 | 90 (12) | |
Ethnicity | Keffa | 206 (27.5) |
Amhara | 143 (19.1) | |
Bench | 134 (17.9) | |
Sheka | 95 (12.7) | |
Menja | 70 (9.4) | |
Sheko | 34 (4.5) | |
Mejengir | 18 (2.4) | |
Dawuro | 18 (2.4) | |
Others | 30 (4) | |
Religion | Protestant | 466 (62.3) |
Orthodox | 183 (24.5) | |
Muslim | 92 (12.3) | |
Others | 7 (0.9) | |
Marital status | Single | 18 (2.4) |
Married | 715 (95.6) | |
Divorced | 15 (2) | |
Husband education (n = 715) | No formal education | 188 (26.3) |
Primary education (1–8) | 451 (63.1) | |
Secondary education and above | 76 (10.6) | |
Household monthly average income in birr | ≤ 200 | 448 (59.9) |
201–1000 | 217 (29) | |
> 1000 | 83 (11.1) | |
Who usually makes decisions on the mother’s healthcare? (Autonomy) | Woman ± husband | 251 (33.6) |
Husband ± others | 497 (66.4) | |
Age when married first in years (n = 736) | ≤ 15 | 137 (18.6) |
16–19 | 420 (57.1) | |
≥ 20 | 179 (24.3) | |
Parity | 1 | 224 (29.9) |
2–4 | 403 (53.9) | |
5 and above | 121 (16.2) | |
Maternal education | No formal education | 342 (45.7) |
Primary education (1–8) | 367 (49.1) | |
Secondary education and above | 39 (5.2) | |
Listen to radio | Yes | 259 (34.6) |
No | 489 (65.4) |