Table 1.

Sociodemographic Characteristic of Women, Dessie Town, Northeast Ethiopia, July, 2020.

Lis of Variable	Variable Category	Frequency (n = 589)	Percentage (%)
Age	16–25	109	18.5
	26–35	281	47.7
	> 35	199	33.8
Family size	≤ 5	471	80.0
	> 5	118	20.0
Age at the first marriage	< 18	132	22.4
	≥ 18	457	77.6
Religion	Orthodox	304	51.6
	Muslim	269	45.7
	Others+	16	2.7
Women education	Illiterate	126	21.4
	Primary	121	20.5
	Secondary and above	342	58.1
Partners educational status	Illiterate	98	16.7
	Primary	99	16.8
	Secondary	164	27.8
	Tertiary	228	38.7
Women’s occupation	House wife	333	56.5
	Merchant	97	16.5
	Employee	119	20.2
	Others++	40	6.8
Partner occupation	Merchant	202	34.3
	Government employee	205	34.8
	Self-employee	116	19.7
	Others*	66	11.2
Income	≤1000	69	11.7
	1001–2000	110	18.7
	2001–3000	76	12.9
	3001–4000	59	10.0
	> 4000	275	46.7

Note. Others+ (Protestant, Catholic), Others++ (daily laborer, student, NGO-employee, self-employee), Others* (daily laborer, driver, NGO-employee, student, self-employee, Carpenter).