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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants in Pawe district, Benishangul-Gumez, Ethiopia March 2015

From: Utilization of institutional delivery service and associated factors among mothers in North West Ethiopian

Variable

Frequency N = 427 (%)

Religion

 Orthodox Christian

202 (47.3)

 Muslim

131 (30.7)

 Catholic

40 (9.4)

 Protestant

36 (8.4)

 Traditional

18 (4.2)

Ethnicity

 Amhara

266 (62.3%)

 Hadya

44 (10.3%)

 Oromo

43 (10.1%)

 Agew

33 (7.7%)

 Kembata

24 (5.6%)

 Others (Welayta, Tigrian and Gumez)

17 (4%)

Occupation

 Farmer

183 (42.9%)

 House wife

177 (41.5%)

 Government employee

28 (6.6%)

 Others (student, daily laborer, merchant, and private employee)

39 (9.0%)

Husband’s educational status (n = 381)

 Unable to read and write

161 (42.3%)

 Primary

111 (29.1%)

 Secondary

54 (14.2%)

 College or University

55 (14.4%)