Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants in public health facilities of Ilu Abba Bor zone, Southwest Ethiopia, 2019.

Variables		Count	N %	Variables		Count	N %
Age in years	15–24	99	38.2	Husband’s occupation	Employee (Governmental Organization/Non-governmental Organization)	18	6.9
	25–34	125	48.3		Merchant	84	32.4
	35–44	35	13.5		Student	66	25.5
Marital status	Married	157	60.6		Farmer	28	10.8
	Single	54	20.8		Daily worker	47	18.1
	Divorced	28	10.8		Others b	16	6.2
	Widowed	16	6.2	Husband’s educational status	No education	34	13.1
	Separated	4	1.5		Informal education	66	25.5
Religion	Orthodox	58	22.4		Primary (grade 1–8)	77	29.7
	Protestant	82	31.7		Secondary (grade 9–12)	54	20.8
	Muslim	88	34.0		Tertiary (grade 12+)	28	10.8
	Catholic	26	10.0
	Others	5	1.9	Monthly income	<$72	93	39.2
Ethnicity	Oromo	124	47.9		$72–$143	90	38.0
	Amhara	49	18.9		$144–$215	31	13.1
	Guragie	40	15.4		>$215	23	9.7
	Tigrie	28	10.8	Parity	Nulliparous	54	20.8
	Others a	18	6.9		1–2	108	41.7
Participant’s Educational status	No education	49	18.9		>2	97	37.5
	Informal education	51	19.7	Participant’s occupation	Employee (GO/NGO)	42	16.2
	Primary (grade 1–8)	105	40.5		Merchant	86	33.2
					Student	57	22.0
	Secondary (grade 9–12)	33	12.7		Farmer	38	14.7
					Daily worker	24	9.3
	Tertiary (12+)	21	8.1		Others b	12	4.6

^aWolayita, Sidama, and Afar.

^bHouse wife, private, shopkeeper.