Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of study subjects, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2015.

Variables		Frequency	Percent
Age	less than 20 years	76	6.7
	20–34 years	902	80.2
	35 years and above	147	13.1
Ethnicity	Tigray	1115	99.1
	Erop	1	0.1
	Amhara	6	0.5
	Afar	3	0.3
Religion	Orthodox	995	88.4
	Muslim	125	11.1
	Catholic	4	0.4
	Protestant	1	0.1
Marital status	Married	1069	95
	Unmarried	17	1.5
	Divorced	35	3.1
	Widowed	4	0.4
Age at marriage	Less than 20 years	775	69.9
	20–34 years	333	30.1
Occupation	Housewife	827	73.5
	Farmer	105	9.3
	Self-employed	110	9.8
	Employee	62	5.5
	Other	21	1.9
Education	Illiterate	415	36.9
	Grade 1–4 (First cycle)	125	11.1
	Grade 5–8 (Second cycle)	248	22.0
	Grade 9–10 (Third cycle)	229	20.4
	Grade 11–12 and above (PCU and above)	108	9.6
Husband’s education	Illiterate	320	30.3
	Grade 1–4 (First cycle)	108	10.2
	Grade 5–8 (Second cycle)	205	19.4
	Grade 9–10 (Third cycle)	211	20.0
	Grade 11–12 and above (PCU and above)	213	20.1
Husbands’ occupation	Farmer	395	36.9
	Self-employed	326	30.5
	Employee	212	19.8
	Others	137	12.8
Total births	Less than 3	621	55.2
	1–3	402	35.7
	Greater than 5	102	9.1
Household size	2–5	801	71.2
	6 and above	324	28.8
Residence	Urban	387	34.4
	Rural	738	65.6
Head of household	Husband	1060	94.2
	Wife	65	5.8