Table 1.
Selected socio-demographic individual level characteristics of women who gave birth in one year preceding the study, Yeky District, 2015. (N = 748)
| Background characteristics | Number (%) | Background characteristics |
Number (%) |
| Residence: Urban | 116 (15.5) |
Household monthly average income in birr: |
|
| Rural | 632 (84.5) | ||
| ≤ 200 | 448 (59.9) | ||
| 201–1000 | 217 (29) | ||
| ≥ 1000 | 83 (11.1) | ||
| Current age in years: |
Who usually makes decisions on the mother's health care? (Autonomy): |
||
| ≤ 19 | 50 (6.7) | ||
| 20–24 | 241 (32.2) | ||
| 25–29 | 246 (32.9) | ||
| 30–34 | 121 (16.2) | Woman ± husband | 251 (33.6) |
| ≥ 35 | 90 (12) | Husband ± others | 497 (66.4) |
| Ethnicity: |
Age when married first in years (n=736): |
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| Keffa | 206 (27.5) | ||
| Amhara | 143 (19.1) | ≤ 15 | 137 (18.6) |
| Bench | 134 (17.9) | 16–19 | 420 (57.1) |
| Sheka | 95 (12.7) | ≥ 20 | 179 (24.3) |
| Menja | 70 (9.4) | ||
| Sheko | 34 (4.5) | ||
| Mejengir | 18 (2.4) | ||
| Dawuro | 18 (2.4) | ||
| Others | 30 (4) | ||
| Religion: | Parity: | ||
| Protestant | 466 (62.3) | 1 | 224 (29.9) |
| Orthodox | 183 (24.5) | 2–4 | 403 (53.9) |
| Muslim | 92 (12.3) | 5 and above | 121 (16.2) |
| Others | 7 (0.9) | ||
| Marital status: | Maternal education: | ||
| Single | 18 (2.4) | No formal education | 342 (45.7) |
| Married | 715 (95.6) | Primary education(1–8) | 367 (49.1) |
| Divorced | 15 (2) | Secondary education and above |
39 (5.2) |
| Husband education (n= 715): | Listen to radio: | ||
| No formal education | 188 (26.3) | Yes | 259 (34.6) |
| Primary education(1–8) | 451 (63.1) | No | 489 (65.4) |
| Secondary education and above |
76 (10.6) |