Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants, assessment of institutional delivery service utilization in Wolaita and Dawro zone, 2015.

Variable		Frequency	Percentage
Marital status of mother
	Single	22	2.3
	Married	905	96.0
	Divorced	12	1.3
	Widowed	4	0.4
Age of mother
	≤20	104	10.9
	21–30	604	63.1
	≥31	249	26.0
Religion of mother
	Protestant	712	74.4
	Orthodox	176	18.4
	Catholic	40	4.2
	Others	29	3.0
Mother’s educational status
	No education	366	38.4
	Grade 1–8	479	50.2
	Grade 9 and above	109	11.4
Mother's occupation
	Housewife	658	68.8
	Farmer	31	3.2
	Government worker	13	1.4
	Merchant	232	24.2
	Others	23	2.4
Ethnicity of mother
	Wolaita	675	70.5
	Dawro	256	26.8
	Others	26	2.7
Husband’s educational status
	No education	264	27.8
	Grade 1–8	491	51.7
	Grade 9 and above	195	20.5
Husband’s occupation
	Farmer	671	70.1
	Government	69	7.2
	Merchant	123	12.9
	Other	94	9.8
Family size
	< 5	307	32.3
	5–6	354	37.2
	>6	290	30.5
Average distance from nearest health facility
	Below 30 min	432	46.0
	30 min and above	507	54.0