Table 1.
Socio demographic, socio economic and reproductive history characteristics of the study subjects, Yirgacheffe town, Gedeo zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2016
| Variables | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Age | ||
| 15–24 | 119 | 34.8 |
| 25–34 | 166 | 48.5 |
| > =35 | 57 | 16.7 |
| Religion | ||
| Protestant | 174 | 50.9 |
| Orthodox | 106 | 31.0 |
| Catholic | 20 | 5.8 |
| Muslim | 42 | 12.3 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Gedeo | 198 | 57.9 |
| Guraghe | 55 | 16.1 |
| Siliti | 29 | 8.5 |
| Kembata | 27 | 7.9 |
| Sidama | 24 | 7.0 |
| Wolaita | 9 | 2.6 |
| Marital status | ||
| Single | 9 | 2.6 |
| Married | 333 | 97.4 |
| Family size | ||
| < =4 | 212 | 62.0 |
| > 4 | 130 | 38.0 |
| Role in the family | ||
| Leaders | 52 | 15.2 |
| Members | 290 | 84.8 |
| Decision maker about service utilization | ||
| Self | 252 | 73.7 |
| Other person | 90 | 26.3 |
| Maternal education | ||
| Unable to read and write | 109 | 31.9 |
| Read and write(No formal education) | 84 | 24.6 |
| Primary education | 80 | 23.4 |
| Secondary and above | 69 | 20.2 |
| Parental education | ||
| Unable to read and write | 37 | 10.8 |
| Read and write(No formal education) | 49 | 14.3 |
| Primary education | 129 | 37.7 |
| Secondary and above | 127 | 37.1 |
| Maternal occupation | ||
| Housewife | 231 | 67.5 |
| Governmental employed | 64 | 18.7 |
| Merchant | 47 | 13.8 |
| Paternal Occupation | ||
| Governmental employed | 87 | 25.4 |
| Farmer | 96 | 28.1 |
| Merchant | 145 | 42.4 |
| Daily laborer | 14 | 4.1 |
| Monthly Income | ||
| < 1000 birr | 104 | 30.4 |
| 1001–2000 birr | 107 | 31.3 |
| 2001–3000 birr | 58 | 17.0 |
| > 30,000 birr | 73 | 21.3 |
| Place of Residence | ||
| Urban | 203 | 59.4 |
| Rural | 139 | 40.6 |
| Duration of pregnancy | ||
| First trimester | 17 | 5.0 |
| Second trimester | 134 | 39.2 |
| Third trimester | 191 | 55.8 |
| Age at first pregnancy | ||
| 15–24 years | 326 | 95.3 |
| > 24 years | 16 | 4.7 |
| Number of pregnancy | ||
| 1 | 85 | 24.9 |
| > =2 | 257 | 75.1 |
| Number of parity | ||
| 1–4 | 232 | 67.8 |
| > 4 | 110 | 32.2 |
| Number of ANC follow up | ||
| 1 | 109 | 31.9 |
| 2 | 82 | 24.0 |
| 3 | 84 | 24.6 |
| 4 | 67 | 19.5 |
| Time taken to health facility(on foot) | ||
| < 30 min | 309 | 90.4 |
| ≥ 30 min | 33 | 9.6 |