Table 1.

The socio-demographic features of female healthcare providers at public hospitals of Northwest Ethiopia (n = 404).

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Percentage
Age (in years)	⩽30	146	36.1
	⩾31	258	63.9
Religion	Orthodox	395	97.8
	Muslim	6	1.5
	Others a	3	0.7
Ethnicity	Amhara	400	99
	Oromo	4	1
Marital status	Single	180	44.6
	Married	216	53.5
	Divorced	4	1
	Widowed	4	1
Profession	Doctor	27	6.7
	Health officer	7	1.7
	Laboratory	47	11.6
	Midwifery	60	15.0
	Nurse	203	50.2
	Pharmacy	55	13.6
	Others b	5	1.2
Qualification level	Diploma	235	58.5
	Degree and above	169	41.8
Experience (in years)	1–5	315	78.0
	6–10	64	15.8
	11 or more	25	6.2
Number of pregnancies	0	243	60.1%
	1–4	156	38.7%
	⩾5	5	1.2%

^aOthers: protestant (2) and catholic (1).

^bOthers: ISO (1) and radiographer (4).