Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of women (n = 822) age 30–49 in Debremarkos town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018.
| Variable | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Age of women | ||
| 30–39 | 592 | 72 |
| 40–49 | 230 | 28 |
| Marital status | ||
| Married | 638 | 77.6 |
| Others* | 184 | 22.4 |
| Religion | ||
| Christian | 789 | 96 |
| Muslim | 33 | 4 |
| Educational status | ||
| No formal education | 231 | 28.1 |
| Primary education | 180 | 21.9 |
| Secondary education | 212 | 25.8 |
| College and above | 199 | 24.2 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Amhara | 809 | 98.4 |
| Others** | 13 | 1.6 |
| Occupation | ||
| Housewife | 149 | 18.1 |
| Self-employee (doing own small business) | 309 | 37.6 |
| Private employee(salaried in the nongovernmental sector) | 192 | 23.4 |
| Government employee | 172 | 20.9 |
| Household income *** | ||
| <900 | 166 | 20.2 |
| 900–1600 | 201 | 24.5 |
| 1601–2699 | 293 | 35.6 |
| > = 2700 | 162 | 19.7 |
*Single, divorced and widowed,
**Oromo and Gurage,
***in Ethiopian Birr