Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the pregnant women, in the Gurage zone, southwest Ethiopia, September to November 2021 (n = 722).

Variable	Category	Frequency	Percent
Age in years	<25	191	26.5
	25–35	444	61.5
	>35	87	12.0
Marital status	Married	704	97.5
	Single	13	1.8
	Divorced/separated	5	.7
Religion	Orthodox	296	41.0
	Islam	313	43.4
	Protestant	81	11.2
	Catholic	32	4.4
Educational status	Illiterate	462	64.0
	Primary	42	5.8
	Secondary	90	12.5
	Collage and above	128	17.7
Occupational status	Government employed	122	16.9
	Merchant	230	31.9
	Housewife	289	40.0
	Students	81	11.2
Wealth status	Poor	354	49.1
	Medium	206	28.5
	Rich	162	22.4
Women empowerment	Low/moderate	456	63.2
	High	266	36.8
Food security status	Food secure	413	57.2
	Mildly food insecure	180	24.9
	Moderately food insecure	90	12.5
	Severely food insecure	39	5.4
Nutritional status	<23	259	35.9
	23 and above	463	64.1