Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of currently married women in Dangila town administration, Northwest Ethiopia, February to March, 2014 (N = 551)
Variables | Category | Frequency | Percentage |
---|---|---|---|
Age in years | 15–19 | 15 | 2.7 |
20–24 | 91 | 16.5 | |
25–29 | 177 | 32.1 | |
30–34 | 124 | 22.5 | |
35–39 | 75 | 13.6 | |
≥40 | 69 | 12.5 | |
Educational status | Unable to read and write | 190 | 34.5 |
No formal education but can read and write | 72 | 13.1 | |
Grade 1–8 | 91 | 16.5 | |
Grade 9–12 | 83 | 15.1 | |
Certificate and above | 115 | 20.9 | |
Occupational status | House wife/farmer | 271 | 49.2 |
Employed | 280 | 50.8 | |
Educational status of partner | Unable to read and write | 76 | 13.8 |
Able to read and write | 62 | 11.3 | |
Grade 1–8 | 96 | 17.4 | |
Grade 9–12 | 106 | 19.2 | |
Certificate and above | 211 | 38.3 | |
Partner religion | Orthodox christian | 530 | 96.2 |
Other | 21 | 3.8 | |
Government employee | 224 | 40.7 | |
Husband occupation | Private employee | 175 | 31.8 |
Farmer | 145 | 26.3 | |
Other | 7 | 1.3 |