Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants at the University of Gondar Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, June, 2019 (N = 303).
Variables | Frequency (n) | Percent (%) | |
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Age | ≤20 | 44 | 14.5 |
21-34 | 228 | 75.2 | |
≥35 | 31 | 10.2 | |
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Religion | Orthodox | 269 | 88.8 |
Muslim | 32 | 10.6 | |
Protestant | 2 | 0.7 | |
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Residence | Urban | 190 | 62.7 |
Rural | 113 | 37.3 | |
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Marital status | Married | 297 | 98 |
Unmarried | 6 | 2 | |
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Maternal education | Not formal education | 146 | 48.2 |
Grades 1-8 | 53 | 17.5 | |
High school and more | 104 | 34.3 | |
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Maternal occupation | Housewives | 225 | 74.3 |
Government employee | 48 | 15.8 | |
Merchant | 22 | 7.3 | |
Farmer | 1 | 0.3 | |
Daily laborer | 5 | 2.3 | |
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Husband occupation | Farmer | 114 | 38.4 |
Government employee | 90 | 30.3 | |
Merchant | 85 | 28.6 | |
Daily laborer | 8 | 2.7 | |
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Monthly income | ≤1000 | 100 | 33 |
1001-2000 | 30 | 9.9 | |
2001-3000 | 33 | 10.9 | |
≥3001 | 140 | 46.2 |