Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics
| Characteristics (total N = 298) | Number (%) |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | |
| <25 | 101 (34.0) |
| 25–34 | 71 (23.9) |
| 35–44 | 62 (20.9) |
| ≥45 | 63 (21.2) |
| Mean age (standard deviation; SD) | 33.3 (13.7) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 175 (58.7) |
| Female | 123 (41.3) |
| Education | |
| No formal education | 178 (60.3) |
| Formal education | 118 (39.7) |
| Employment | |
| Employed | 37 (12.5) |
| Unemployed | 55 (18.6) |
| Farmer | 102 (34.6) |
| House wife | 57 (19.3) |
| Others* | 45 (15.2) |
| Area of residence | |
| Rural | 270 (90.6) |
| Urban | 28 (9.4) |
| Perceived relative wealth | |
| Very low | 50 (16.8) |
| Low | 143 (48.2) |
| Average and above | 104 (35.0) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 138 (46.3) |
| Married | 129 (43.3) |
| Formerly married | 31 (10.4) |
| Religion | |
| Orthodox christian | 275 (92.2) |
| Protestant | 13 (4.4) |
| Muslim | 7 (2.4) |
| Others | 3 (1.0) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Gurage | 278 (93.3) |
| Oromo | 17 (5.7) |
| Amhara | 2 (0.7) |
| Others** | 1 (0.3) |
| Mean family size (SD) | 5.5 (2.1) |
| Mean number of children (SD) | 3.2 (2.4) |
| Duration of travel to reach the nearest health center (min) | |
| 0–30 | 120 (40.8) |
| 31–120 | 141 (48.0) |
| >120 | 33 (11.2) |
* Includes students, pensioners and volunteer workers
** Others include Mareko, Meskana, Kebena