Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of reproductive age women in Kombolcha town, Amhara, Ethiopia, (n = 591).
Variable | Category | Frequency | Percentage (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Age | 15–19 | 47 | 8.0 |
20–40 | 422 | 71.4 | |
41–49 | 122 | 20.6 | |
Marital status | Single | 64 | 10.8 |
Married | 496 | 83.9 | |
Divorce | 21 | 3.6 | |
Widowed | 10 | 1.7 | |
Educational status | Had no formal education | 140 | 23.7 |
Primary school | 215 | 36.4 | |
Secondary and above | 236 | 39.9 | |
Occupational status | House wife | 357 | 60.4 |
Daily laborer | 18 | 3.0 | |
Merchant | 50 | 8.5 | |
Student | 66 | 11.2 | |
Employee | 100 | 16.9 | |
Income (ETB) | <1,000 | 81 | 13.7 |
1,000–1,999 | 192 | 32.5 | |
2,000–2,999 | 165 | 27.9 | |
≥3,000 | 153 | 25.9 |