Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of women of reproductive age (25-49 years) in Wonago district, Southern Ethiopia, January 2018 (n = 512).
| Variables | Variable level | No. (%) |
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| Current age category in years | 25-29 | 88 (17.2%) |
| 30-34 | 75 (14.6%) | |
| 35-39 | 168 (32.8%) | |
| 40-44 | 111 (21.7%) | |
| 45-49 | 70 (13.7%) | |
| Mean ± SD | 35 ± 5.7 | |
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| Residency | Urban | 129 (25.2%) |
| Rural | 383 (74.8%) | |
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| Ethnicity | Gedeo | 405 (79.1%) |
| Oromo | 65 (12.7%) | |
| Silte | 16 (3.1%) | |
| Amhara | 26 (5.1%) | |
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| Marital status | Married/living together | 433 (84.5%) |
| Divorced | 50 (9.8%) | |
| Widowed | 29 (5.7%) | |
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| Mother's educational status | Illiterate | 311 (60.7%) |
| Primary education | 99 (19.3%) | |
| Secondary & above education | 102 (19.9%) | |
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| Father's educational level | Illiterate | 113 (22.1%) |
| Primary education | 197 (38.5%) | |
| Secondary & above education | 202 (39.5%) | |
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| Occupation of mother | Housewife | 268 (52.3%) |
| Farmer | 152 (29.7%) | |
| Government employee | 30 (5.9%) | |
| Merchant | 62 (12.1%) | |
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| Wealth index | Low | 210 (41.0%) |
| Middle | 104 (20.3%) | |
| High | 198 (38.7%) | |
SD: standard deviation.