Table 1.
Profile of the study Participants in Addis Ababa, 2013.
| Characteristics | Total Frequency |
Late (after 16 weeks) # (%) |
Early (at or before 16wks) # (%) |
Overall Percent % |
|
| Age(Max:39) N=990 |
15–19 | 58 | 32(55.2) | 26(44.8) | 5.9 |
| 20–24 | 321 | 133(41.4) | 188(58.6) | 33.0 | |
| 25–29 | 416 | 164(39.4) | 252(60.6) | 42.0 | |
| 30–34 | 144 | 61(42.4) | 83(57.6) | 14.9 | |
| 35–39 | 36 | 18(50.0) | 18(50.0) | 3.6 | |
| Ethnicity N=987 |
Oromo | 202 | 83(41.4) | 119(58.9) | 20.8 |
| Amhara | 426 | 176(41.3) | 250(58.7) | 43.9 | |
| Tigre | 86 | 28(32.6) | 58(67.4) | 8.9 | |
| Gurage | 179 | 86(48.0) | 93(52) | 18.4 | |
| Others | 78 | 36(46.2) | 42(53.8) | 8.0 | |
| Marital status N=991 |
Single | 56 | 20(37.7) | 33(62.3) | 5.7 |
| Married | 918 | 382(42.2) | 524(57.8) | 92.6 | |
| Divorced or widowed |
17 | 6(37.5) | 10(62.5) | 1.7 | |
| Religion N= 994 |
Orthodox | 651 | 264(41.1) | 379(58.9) | 65.5 |
| Muslim | 198 | 90(46.9) | 102(53.1) | 19.9 | |
| Protestant | 130 | 54(42.2) | 74(57.8) | 13.1 | |
| Catholic | 10 | 2(20.0) | 8(80.0) | 1.0 | |
| Others | 5 | 0(0.0) | 5(100) | 0.5 | |
| Mothers Education N=992 |
No formal Education |
114 | 60(54.5) | 50(45.5) | 11.5 |
| Primary and above |
878 | 350(40.4) | 516(59.6) | 88.5 | |
| Husband Education N=961 |
No formal Education |
40 | 20(51.3) | 19(48.7) | 4.2 |
| Primary and above |
921 | 377(41.5) | 532(58.5) | 95.8 | |
| Occupation N=990 |
Employed | 540 | 198(37.4) | 332(62.6) | 54.5 |
| Unemployed | 450 | 211(47.5) | 233(52.5) | 45.5 | |
| Income N=880 |
<1000 ETB | 289 | 128(45.7) | 152(54.3) | 32.8 |
| 1001–2000 ETB | 231 | 102(44.3) | 128(55.7) | 26.3 | |
| >2001 ETB | 360 | 126(35.3) | 231(64.7) | 40.9 |