Table 1.
Variables | Category | Frequency | % |
---|---|---|---|
Districts | Dale | 590 | 72.4 |
Wonsho | 225 | 27.6 | |
Residence | Urban | 101 | 12.4 |
Rural | 714 | 87.6 | |
Marital status | Married | 739 | 90.6 |
Others | 77 | 9.4 | |
Level of education | No formal education | 572 | 70.2 |
Primary school | 161 | 19.7 | |
Secondary school and above | 82 | 10.1 | |
Religion | Protestant | 715 | 87.7 |
Orthodox | 79 | 9.7 | |
Others | 21 | 2.6 | |
Occupation | Employed | 35 | 4.3 |
Non-employed | 780 | 95.7 | |
Ethnicity | Sidama | 809 | 99.3 |
Others¥ | 6 | 0.7 | |
Wealth index | Poorest | 166 | 20.34 |
Poorer | 170 | 20.8 | |
Middle | 163 | 20.1 | |
Rich | 156 | 19.2 | |
Richest | 160 | 19.6 | |
Chronic cough (>3 weeks) | No | 567 | 69.6 |
Yes | 248 | 30.4 | |
Constipation | No | 607 | 74.5 |
Yes | 208 | 25.5 | |
Family history of POP | No | 582 | 71.4 |
Yes | 233 | 28.6 | |
History of pelvic surgery | No | 665 | 81.5 |
Yes | 150 | 18.5 | |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | <18.5 | 248 | 30.5 |
−24.9 | 481 | 59 | |
⩾25 | 86 | 10.5 | |
Abortion experience | No | 745 | 92 |
Yes | 70 | 8 | |
History of homebirth | No | 197 | 24.2 |
Yes | 618 | 75.8 | |
A place for the last childbirth | Home | 528 | 64.8 |
Health facility | 287 | 35.2 | |
Prolonged labor | No | 472 | 58 |
Yes | 343 | 42 | |
Menopause | No | 545 | 66.8 |
Yes | 270 | 33.2 |
Note. Others: never married, widowed, and divorced; Others: Muslim and Catholic; Others¥: Amhara and Gurage Oromo. POP: pelvic organ prolapse.