Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of pregnant women attending antenatal care follow-up at health centers in the Gondar Town Administration, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017.
| Sociodemographic characteristics | Pregnant women (n=416), n (%) | Pregnant women owning a mobile phone (n=319), n (%) | |||
| Age | |||||
| 15-24 | 160 (38.5) | 118 (37.0) | |||
| ≥25 | 256 (61.5) | 201 (63.0) | |||
| Residence | |||||
| Urban | 338 (81.3) | 298 (93.4) | |||
| Rural | 78 (18.7) | 21 (26.6) | |||
| Marital status | |||||
| Not married | 14 (3.4) | 10 (3.1) | |||
| Married | 393 (94.5) | 303 (95) | |||
| Othera | 9 (2.2) | 6 (1.9) | |||
| Educational status | |||||
| Cannot read and write | 70 (21.9) | 21 (6.6) | |||
| Informal education | 21 (5.0) | 12 (3.8) | |||
| Primary | 110 (26.4) | 85 (26.6) | |||
| Secondary and above | 215 (51.7) | 201 (63.0) | |||
| Occupation | |||||
| Housewife | 280 (67.3) | 192 (60.2) | |||
| Civil servant | 49 (11.8) | 49 (15.4) | |||
| Merchant | 48 (11.5) | 46 (14.4) | |||
| Daily laborer | 24 (5.8) | 20 (6.3) | |||
| Student | 12 (2.9) | 10 (3.1) | |||
| Otherb | 3 (0.7) | 2 (0.6) | |||
| Who do you live with | |||||
| Family | 385 (92.5) | 294 (92.2) | |||
| Alone | 24 (5.8) | 21 (6.6) | |||
| Parents | 7 (1.7) | 4 (1.3) | |||
| Number of children | |||||
| No child | 185 (44.5) | 160 (50.2) | |||
| 1 | 77 (18.5) | 59 (18.5) | |||
| 2 | 80 (19.2) | 60 (18.8) | |||
| 3 | 44 (10.6) | 29 (9.1) | |||
| ≥4 | 30 (7.2) | 11 (3.4) | |||
aSeparated, windowed, and died.
bFarmer, driver, and jobless.