Table 2.

Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents and households in Debre Berhan town, central Ethiopia (n = 377).

Characteristics	Response categories	Frequency	Percent
Age of household head (n = 374)	19–29	210	56.1
	30–39	152	40.6
	> = 40	12	3.2
Sex of household head (n = 371)	Father headed	328	88.4
	Mother headed	43	11.6
Religion of household head (n = 374)	Orthodox	334	89.3
	Protestant	26	7.0
	Others	14	3.7
Marital status household head (n = 365)	Married	345	94.5
	Others1	20	5.5
Occupation of husband/cohabitant male partner (n = 344)	Daily laborer	37	10.8
	Merchant	63	18.3
	Private sector employee	34	9.9
	Governmental employee	210	61.0
Education of husband/cohabitant male partner (n = 364)	Uneducated	18	5.0
	Informal education	22	6.0
	Formal education	364	89.0
Educational status of wife/cohabitant female partner (n = 375)	Uneducated	19	5.1
	Informal education	20	5.3
	Formal education	336	89.6
Occupation of the wife/cohabitant female partner (n = 370)	Housewife	141	38.1
	Merchant	57	15.4
	Private sector employee	34	9.2
	Governmental employee	138	37.3
Family size (n = 296)	<=3	112	37.8
	4–6	176	59.5
	> = 7	8	2.7
Number of children (n = 374)	1	167	44.7
	2	123	32.9
	> = 3	84	22.4
Number of under 5 children (365)	1	311	85.2
	> = 2	54	14.8
Household monthly income (n = 377)	Below median	161	42.7
	Median and above	216	57.3

¹Separated, divorced, widowed, cohabitant partner.