Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of mothers and their husbands in south Gondar zone hospitals, Northwest, Ethiopia, 2020.
| Variable | EIBF(n=349) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | |||
| Frequency | Percent | Frequency | Percent | |
| Maternal age | ||||
| 15-19 | 5 | 1.4 | 18 | 5.2 |
| 20-24 | 47 | 13.5 | 48 | 13.8 |
| 25-29 | 80 | 22.9 | 58 | 16.5 |
| 30-34 | 40 | 11.5 | 32 | 9.2 |
| 35 and above | 9 | 2.6 | 12 | 3.4 |
| Residence | ||||
| Urban | 156 | 44.7 | 112 | 32.1 |
| Rural | 25 | 7.2 | 56 | 16 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 175 | 50.1 | 150 | 43 |
| Unmarried# | 6 | 1.7 | 18 | 5.2 |
| Religion | ||||
| Orthodox | 134 | 38.4 | 127 | 36.4 |
| Muslim | 37 | 10.6 | 38 | 10.9 |
| Others* | 10 | 2.9 | 3 | 0.9 |
| Maternal education | ||||
| Not formal education | 24 | 6.9 | 46 | 13.2 |
| Primary school | 47 | 13.5 | 48 | 13.8 |
| Secondary school and above | 110 | 31.5 | 74 | 21.2 |
| Husband education | ||||
| Not formal education | 16 | 4.6 | 33 | 9.5 |
| Primary school | 20 | 4.7 | 36 | 10.3 |
| Secondary school and above | 145 | 41.5 | 99 | 28.4 |
| Maternal occupation | ||||
| Government employed | 37 | 10.6 | 24 | 6.9 |
| Self employed | 43 | 12.3 | 22 | 6.3 |
| Daily laborer Housewife | 5 | 1.4 | 15 | 4.3 |
| Farmer | 70 | 20.1 | 53 | 15.2 |
| others | 26 | 7.4 | 54 | 15.5 |
| Husband occupation | ||||
| Government employed | 73 | 22.5 | 39 | 12 |
| Self employed | 72 | 22.2 | 52 | 16 |
| Daily laborer | 7 | 2.2 | 10 | 3.1 |
| Farmer | 23 | 7.1 | 48 | 14.8 |
Other* protestant, catholic, Jehovah, no religion; # Single, divorced and widowed