Table 1.

A Socio-Demographic characteristic of mother’s who gave birth at public health facilities in the west Shewa zone, Oromia region, central Ethiopia, 2018

Characteristics	Categories	Number (N = 567)	Percent (%)
Type of Institution	Health center	263	46.4
	Primary Hospital	157	27.7
	General Hospital	147	25.9
Age in years	17–24	192	33.9
	25–29	205	36.2
	More than 29	170	30.0
Marital Status	Married	546	96.3
	Other marital Statusa	21	3.7
Religion	Orthodox	225	39.7
	Protestant	303	53.4
	Muslim	31	5.5
	Other Religionb	8	1.4
Ethnicity	Oromo	530	93.5
	Amhara	30	5.3
	Other Ethnicityc	7	1.3
Educational Status	Unable to read & write	86	15.2
	Able to read and write	60	10.6
	Primary education	150	26.5
	Secondary Education	133	23.5
	Collage and above	138	24.3
Mothers Occupation	Government Employee	123	21.7
	Housewife	202	35.6
	Farmers	85	15.0
	Merchant	78	13.8
	Private Employee’	66	11.6
	Other Occupationd	13	2.3
Mothers Residence	Urban	395	69.7
	Rural	172	30.3
Average Monthly Income	Less than 2000	294	51.9
	More than 2000	273	48.1
	Mean = 2787.1 with SD of 2450.85 Ethiopian Birr, Median = 2000.00

Keys: ^aDivorced, widowed & single, ^bWakefata & Catholic, ^cGurage & Tigre, ^dStudent & Daily laborers