Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of participants drawn from northeast Ethiopia, 2016 (n=190)
| Variables | Frequency | % |
|---|---|---|
| Health facility | ||
| Health centers | 122 | 64.2 |
| Hospitals | 68 | 25.8 |
| Study participants | ||
| Pregnant | 94 | 49.5 |
| Breastfeeding | 96 | 50.5 |
| Age (yr) | ||
| ≤29 | 105 | 55.3 |
| ≥30 | 85 | 44.7 |
| Place of residence | ||
| Rural | 41 | 21.6 |
| Urban | 149 | 78.4 |
| Religion | ||
| Muslim | 105 | 55.3 |
| Orthodox | 77 | 40.5 |
| Others | 8 | 4.2 |
| Marital status | ||
| Cohabitating (single, divorced, and widowed) | 39 | 20.5 |
| Married | 151 | 79.5 |
| Respondent’s educational level | ||
| No formal education (cannot read or write) | 42 | 22.1 |
| Grade 1-8 | 94 | 49.5 |
| Grade 9-12 | 37 | 19.5 |
| Technical/vocational and above | 17 | 8.9 |
| Mother’s occupation | ||
| Housewife (no job) | 122 | 64.2 |
| Private employee | 25 | 13.2 |
| Merchant | 21 | 11.2 |
| Government employee | 16 | 8.4 |
| Others | 6 | 3.0 |
| Male partner’s occupation (n= 151) | ||
| Government employee | 41 | 27.2 |
| Merchant | 38 | 25.2 |
| Day laborer | 23 | 15.2 |
| Private worker | 16 | 10.6 |
| Farmer | 22 | 14.6 |
| Driver | 11 | 7.3 |
| Time taken to reach health facility from home (hr) | ||
| ≥1 | 105 | 55.3 |
| <1 | 85 | 44.7 |