Table 1 Socio Demographic data of the participants
Variables | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
≤ 18 | 7 | 1.7 |
19–25 | 150 | 37.2 |
26–30 | 125 | 31 |
31–35 | 75 | 18.6 |
≥ 36 | 46 | 11.4 |
Residence | ||
Urban | 240 | 59.6 |
Rural | 163 | 40.4 |
Marital status | ||
Married | 362 | 89.8 |
Single | 15 | 3.7 |
Divorced | 24 | 6 |
Widowed | 2 | 0.5 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 330 | 81.9 |
Muslim | 57 | 14.1 |
Catholic | 12 | 3 |
Protestant | 4 | 1 |
Ethnicity | ||
Tigray | 380 | 94.3 |
Amahara | 21 | 5.2 |
Afar | 2 | 0.5 |
Monthly income | ||
< − 500 | 11 | 2.7 |
501–1000 | 49 | 12.2 |
1001–3000 | 157 | 39 |
3001–5000 | 116 | 28.8 |
≥ 5001 | 70 | 17.4 |
Educational level | ||
No education | 73 | 18.1 |
Read and write | 68 | 16.9 |
Primary education | 95 | 23.6 |
Secondary and above | 167 | 41.4 |
Spouse educational level | ||
No education | 52 | 12.9 |
Read and write | 49 | 12.2 |
Primary | 94 | 23.3 |
Secondary and above | 208 | 51.6 |
Occupation | ||
House wife | 177 | 43.9 |
Government employee | 80 | 19.9 |
Nongovernmental employee | 13 | 3.2 |
Private organization | 120 | 29.8 |
Daily laborer | 10 | 2.5 |
Others | 3 | 0.7 |
Parity | ||
Primipara | 107 | 26.6 |
Multiparas | 296 | 73.4 |
Gravidity | ||
Primigravida | 71 | 17.6 |
Multigravida | 332 | 82.4 |
Health care providers | ||
Midwives | 260 | 64.5 |
Nurses | 143 | 35.5 |