Table 1.
Socio-demographic characters of the women in nine regions of Ethiopia, 2005
| Characteristic | n (%) | |
| Age, years | ||
| 15-20 | 57 (5.9) | |
| 21-30 | 138 (14.2) | |
| 31-35 | 243 (25.1) | |
| 36-40 | 173 (17.8) | |
| 41-45 | 176 (18.1) | |
| 46-49 | 183 (18.9) | |
| Occupation | ||
| Mixed farming | 351 (36.2) | |
| Livestock | 33 (3.4) | |
| Trade | 125 (12.9) | |
| Civil servant | 154 (15.9) | |
| Factory worker | 26 (2.7) | |
| Handicraft | 40 (4.1) | |
| Others (i.e., housewife) | 241 (24.8) | |
| Settings | ||
| Rural | 776 (80.0) | |
| Urban | 194 (20.0) | |
| Formal Education1 | ||
| Yes | 570 (58.8) | |
| No | 400 (41.2) | |
| Marital status | ||
| Married | 797 (82.2) | |
| Divorced/widowed | 173 (17.8) | |
| Pregnant | ||
| Yes | 94 (9.7) | |
| No | 876 (90.3) | |
| Family size | ||
| 1-5 | 567 (58.5) | |
| >5 | 403 (41.5) | |
| Birth spacing, years | ||
| ≤ 2 | 252 (26.0) | |
| > 2 | 718 (74.0) | |
1 Primary education and above; literate.