Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of pregnant women at Gode town, Somali Region, Eastern Ethiopia, May 2013.
| Variables | Frequency (N = 577) Number (%) |
|---|---|
| Age of the mother | |
| ≤20 | 62 (10.7) |
| 21–25 | 137 (23.7) |
| 26–30 | 187 (32.4) |
| 31–35 | 122 (21.1) |
| >35 | 69 (12.0) |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 561 (97.2) |
| Divorced | 13 (2.3) |
| Widowed | 3 (0.5) |
| Religion | |
| Muslim | 572 (99.1) |
| Christian | 5 (0.9) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Somali | 570 (98.8) |
| Amhara | 5 (0.9) |
| Oromo | 1 (0.2) |
| Others | 1 (0.2) |
| Educational status | |
| Unable to read and write | 476 (82.5) |
| Read and write only | 31 (5.4) |
| Primary school (1–8) | 37 (6.4) |
| Secondary school | 8 (1.4) |
| College and above | 25 (4.3) |
| Occupation | |
| Housewife | 499 (86.5) |
| Government employee | 34 (5.9) |
| Business | 44 (7.6) |
| Family Size | |
| <5 | 134 (23.2) |
| 5–7 | 211 (36.6) |
| ≥8 | 232 (40.2) |
| Age at marriage | |
| <16 | 198 (34.3) |
| 16–18 | 283 (49.0) |
| ≥19 | 96 (16.6) |
| Source of income | |
| Salary | 301 (52.2) |
| Business | 101 (17.5) |
| Remittance | 52 (9.0) |
| Others | 123 (21.3) |
| Wealth index (Quintiles) | |
| Lowest | 114 (19.8) |
| Second | 127 (22.0) |
| Middle | 114 (19.8) |
| Fourth | 104 (18.0) |
| Highest | 118 (20.5) |