Table 1.
Socio-Demographic characteristics of women and husband in six districts, Afar region stat, North East Ethiopia, August-September 2015, (n=1842)
| Characteristics | Frequency | % |
| Residence | ||
| Urban | 598 | 32.5 |
| Rural | 1244 | 67.5 |
| Current age of Mother's | ||
| 15–19 | 149 | 8.1 |
| 20–24 | 511 | 27.7 |
| 25–29 | 611 | 33.2 |
| 30–34 | 368 | 20.0 |
| 35–39 | 159 | 8.6 |
| >=40 | 44 | 2.4 |
| Mean±SD | 26.6 | (±5.5) |
| Marital status currently | ||
| Married | 1773 | 96.3 |
| Widowed | 28 | 1.5 |
| Divorced | 26 | 1.4 |
| Single | 15 | 0.8 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Afar | 1520 | 82.5 |
| Amhara | 213 | 11.6 |
| Oromo | 47 | 2.6 |
| Tigre | 26 | 1.4 |
| Others(specify) | 36 | 2.0 |
| Religion | ||
| Muslim | 1734 | 94.1 |
| Orthodox | 81 | 4.4 |
| Others | 27 | 1.5 |
| Educational level of mothers | ||
| Not attend school | 1143 | 62.1 |
| Primary | 434 | 23.6 |
| Secondary | 244 | 13.2 |
| More than secondary | 21 | 1.1 |
| Educational level of Husbands=(1773) | ||
| Not attended school | 949 | 53.3 |
| Primary | 403 | 22.7 |
| Secondary | 218 | 12.3 |
| More than secondary | 203 | 11.4 |
| Occupation of Mothers | ||
| House wife | 1493 | 81.1 |
| Pastoralist | 182 | 9.9 |
| Gov employee | 82 | 4.5 |
| Others | 85 | 4.6 |
| Occupation of Husbands=(1773) | ||
| Pastoralist | 1351 | 76.2 |
| Merchant | 128 | 7.2 |
| Gov employee | 155 | 8.7 |
| Others | 139 | 7.8 |