Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of mothers visiting health facilities in Areka town, Southern Ethiopia, 2017.
| Variable | Category | Frequency (%) |
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| Marital status | Never married | 2(0.8 ) |
| Married or living together | 231(91.7) | |
| Divorced/separated/widowed | 19(7.5 ) | |
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| Husband's educational level | No formal education | 83(32.9) |
| Primary | 72(28.6) | |
| Secondary | 56(22.2) | |
| Above secondary | 41(16.3) | |
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| Age of respondents | <20 | 21(8.3) |
| 20-30 | 174(69.0) | |
| >30 | 57(22.6) | |
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| The religion of the respondent | Protestant | 132(52.4) |
| Orthodox | 94(37.3) | |
| Catholic | 16(6.3) | |
| Muslim | 10(4) | |
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| Ethnicity | Wolayita | 224(88.9) |
| Gurage | 13(5.2) | |
| Amhara | 8(3.2) | |
| Hadiya | 7(2.8) | |
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| Mothers educational level | No formal education | 86(34.1) |
| Primary | 84(33.3) | |
| Secondary | 52(20.6) | |
| Above secondary | 30(11.9) | |