Table 1.
Socio demographic characteristics of pregnant women attending ANC in selected health institutions in Dawuro Zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia 2015 (n = 289)
| Variables frequency % | ||
|---|---|---|
| Age(years) | ||
| 15–24 | 121 | 41.9 |
| 25–34 | 129 | 44.6 |
| 35–44 | 39 | 13.5 |
| Educational level | ||
| No formal education | 103 | 35.7 |
| Primary (1–8) | 144 | 49.8 |
| Secondary and higher | 42 | 14.5 |
| Occupation | ||
| House wife | 235 | 81.3 |
| Merchant | 17 | 5.9 |
| Gov’tal employee | 28 | 9.7 |
| Others* | 9 | 3.1 |
| Residence | ||
| Rural | 201 | 69.6 |
| Urban | 88 | 30.4 |
| Religion | ||
| Protestant | 211 | 73.0 |
| Orthodox | 71 | 24.6 |
| Others** | 7 | 2.4 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Dawuro | 280 | 96.9 |
| Others*** | 9 | 3.1 |
| Marital status | ||
| Married | 284 | 98.3 |
| Separated | 5 | 1.7 |
* Students, daily laborers and private institution workers
** Adventist and Catholic
*** Amhara, Hadiya, Wolaita and Gurage