Table 1.
Socio demographic characteristics of the respondents (n = 129), Mettu Karl Referral Hospital, South West Ethiopia, 2018
| Variables | Frequency | % |
|---|---|---|
| Place of residence | ||
| Rural | 53 | 41.1 |
| Urban | 76 | 58.9 |
| Age of respondents | ||
| < =24 | 30 | 23.3 |
| 25–29 | 47 | 36.4 |
| 30–34 | 37 | 28.7 |
| > =35 | 15 | 11.6 |
| Mean ± SD | 25.87 ± 4.757 | |
| Marital status | ||
| Married | 113 | 87.6 |
| Single | 5 | 3.9 |
| Divorced | 3 | 2.3 |
| Widowed | 4 | 3.1 |
| Separated | 4 | 3.1 |
| Religion | ||
| Muslim | 37 | 28.7 |
| Orthodox | 45 | 34.9 |
| Protestant | 46 | 35.7 |
| Catholic | 1 | .8 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Oromo | 97 | 75.2 |
| Amhara | 21 | 16.3 |
| Tigre | 7 | 5.4 |
| Othera | 4 | 3.1 |
| Respondent‘s educational status | ||
| Unable to write and read | 13 | 10.1 |
| Able to read and write | 29 | 22.5 |
| Primary | 33 | 25.6 |
| Secondary | 23 | 17.8 |
| Certificate and above | 31 | 24.0 |
| Respondent‘s occupational status | ||
| House wife | 74 | 57.4 |
| Governmental Employee | 29 | 22.5 |
| Merchant | 24 | 18.6 |
| Student | 2 | 1.6 |
| Husband occupational status | ||
| Farmer | 40 | 31.0 |
| Governmental employee | 38 | 29.5 |
| NGO employee | 7 | 5.4 |
| Merchant | 35 | 27.1 |
| Husband educational status | ||
| Unable to write and read | 27 | 20.9 |
| Able to read and write | 29 | 22.5 |
| Primary | 24 | 18.6 |
| Secondary | 25 | 19.4 |
| Certificate and above | 24 | 18.6 |
| Ever had more than one partner | ||
| Yes | 18 | 14.0 |
| No | 111 | 86.0 |
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