Table 1.
Socio-demographic and economic characteristic of pregnant mother attending ANC service in Debre Markos governmental health institution, Ethiopia, 2016 (n = 416)
| Variables | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
| Age | |
| < 25 (young) | 180 (43.3%) |
| ≥ 25 | 236 (56.7%) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Amhara | 415 (99.8%) |
| Tigrie | 1 (0.2%) |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 396 (95.2%) |
| Cohabitation | 11 (2.6%) |
| Divorced/widowed | 9 (2.2%) |
| Religion | |
| Orthodox | 405 (97.4%) |
| Muslim | 6 (1.4%) |
| Protestant | 5 (1.2%) |
| Educational status | |
| No formal education | 103 (24.8%) |
| Primary [1–8] | 82 (19.7%) |
| Secondary [9, 10] and certificate | 125 (30%) |
| College diploma and above | 106 (25.5%) |
| Employment status | |
| Employed | 254 (61.1%) |
| Not employed | 162 (38.9%) |
| Father education | |
| No formal education | 62 (14.9) |
| Primary [1–8] | 78 (18.8) |
| Secondary [9, 10] and certificate | 119 (28.6) |
| College diploma and above | 157 (37.7%) |
| Family monthly income | |
| < US$37 | 50 (12%) |
| $US37–US$148 | 284 (68.3%) |
| > US$148 | 82 (19.7%) |
| Family size | |
| ≤ 3 | 286 (68.8) |
| > 3 | 130 (31.2%) |