Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents in womberma woreda, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016
Variables | Frequency | Percentage | |
---|---|---|---|
Age (in years) | 15-24 | 107 | 16 |
25-34 | 382 | 57.2 | |
>34 | 179 | 26.8 | |
Educational status of the respondent | Cannot read and write | 489 | 73.2 |
Can read and write | 66 | 9.9 | |
Primary (grade 1 to 8) | 95 | 14.2 | |
Secondary(grade 9 to 10) | 18 | 2.7 | |
Marital status | Married | 618 | 92.5 |
Widowed | 10 | 1.5 | |
Divorced | 30 | 4.5 | |
Separated | 10 | 1.5 | |
Educational status of husband | Cannot read and write | 277 | 41.5 |
Can read and write | 175 | 26.2 | |
Primary (grade 1 to 8) | 129 | 19.3 | |
Secondary(grade 9 to 10) | 35 | 5.2 | |
College level and above | 2 | 0.3 | |
Ethnicity | Amhara | 646 | 96.7 |
Agew | 16 | 2.4 | |
Oromo | 6 | 0.9 | |
Average monthly income (in Ethiopian birr) | <500 | 356 | 53.3 |
500-999 | 148 | 22.2 | |
1000-1999 | 39 | 5.8 | |
>2000 | 125 | 18.7 | |
Family size | ≤5 | 392 | 58.7 |
>5 | 276 | 41.3 |