Table 1.
Socio demographic characteristics of PMTCT utilized mothers, Jimma zone, 2006.
| Variables | Frequency (N=1472) |
Percent (%) |
| Age | ||
| 15–19 | 290 | 19.7 |
| 20–24 | 444 | 30.2 |
| 25–29 | 296 | 20.1 |
| 30–34 | 247 | 16.8 |
| 35–39 | 140 | 9.5 |
| 40–44 | 54 | 3.7 |
| Residence | ||
| Urban | 949 | 64.5 |
| Rural | 522 | 35.5 |
| Marital status | ||
| Never married/Single | 161 | 10.9 |
| Married | 1219 | 82.8 |
| Separated/divorced | 92 | 6.3 |
| Educational status | ||
| No formal education | 388 | 26.4 |
| Primary | 801 | 54.4 |
| Secondary | 189 | 12.8 |
| Tertiary | 94 | 6.4 |
| Occupation | ||
| Unemployed including housewife | 977 | 66.4 |
| Employed | 266 | 18.1 |
| Merchant | 98 | 6.7 |
| Student | 114 | 7.7 |
| Peasant | 17 | 1.2 |
| Religion | ||
| Muslim | 546 | 37.1 |
| Orthodox | 715 | 48.6 |
| Protestant | 154 | 10.5 |
| Catholic | 54 | 3.7 |
| Other* | 3 | 0.2 |
*
Other includes Jehovah and unspecified religions