Table 1.
Sociodemographic information of respondents at Burie District, Amhara Region, North West Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 681).
| S.no. | Variables | Frequency | Percent | |
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| 1 | Age of respondents (n = 681) | 15-19 | 6 | 0.9 |
| 20-24 | 88 | 12.9 | ||
| 25-29 | 227 | 33.3 | ||
| 30-34 | 201 | 29.5 | ||
| ≥35 | 159 | 23.4 | ||
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| 2 | Marital status (n = 681) | Single | 7 | 1.0 |
| Married | 641 | 94.1 | ||
| Divorced | 24 | 3.5 | ||
| Widowed | 2 | 0.3 | ||
| Separated | 7 | 1.0 | ||
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| 3 | Place of residence (n = 681) | Urban | 95 | 14 |
| Rural | 586 | 86 | ||
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| 4 | Religion (n = 681) | Orthodox | 671 | 98.5 |
| Muslim | 6 | 0.9 | ||
| Protestant | 4 | 0.6 | ||
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| 5 | Ethnicity (n = 681) | Amhara | 670 | 98.4 |
| Oromo | 11 | 1.6 | ||
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| 7 | Educational status of husband (n = 641) | Cannot read and write | 277 | 40.7 |
| Primary (1-8) | 408 | 41.1 | ||
| Secondary (9-12) | 67 | 9.8 | ||
| 12 + 1 and above | 17 | 2.5 | ||
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| 8 | Occupational status of women (n = 681) | Farmer | 571 | 83.8 |
| Merchant | 75 | 11 | ||
| Daily laborer | 26 | 3.8 | ||
| Student | 2 | 0.3 | ||
| Others | 7 | 1.0 | ||
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| 9 | Occupational status of husband (n = 641) | Farmer | 546 | 80.2 |
| Merchant | 64 | 9.4 | ||
| Daily laborer | 18 | 2.6 | ||
| Others | 13 | 1.9 | ||
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| 10 | Monthly family income (n = 681) | <1,000 | 437 | 64.2 |
| 1,000-1,500 | 122 | 17.9 | ||
| 1,501-2,000 | 72 | 10.6 | ||
| >2,000 | 50 | 7.3 | ||
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| 11 | Media access (n = 681) | Yes | 306 | 44.9 |
| No | 375 | 55.1 | ||
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| Types of media (n = 320) more than 1 | Television | 67 | 21 | |
| Radio | 253 | 79 | ||
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| 12 | Family size (n = 681) | 2-3 | 159 | 23.3 |
| 4-5 | 314 | 46.1 | ||
| 5-6 | 162 | 23.8 | ||
| >6 | 46 | 6.8 | ||