Table 2.

Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents at Gidan District, North-East Ethiopia, 2021 (n=760)

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Per cent (%)
Age of the mother, years	<20	74	9.7
	20–25	197	25.9
	26–30	306	40.3
	>30	183	24.1
Religion	Orthodox	757	99.6
	Muslim	3	0.4
Educational status of the mother	Not attending formal education	435	57.2
	Primary school	233	30.7
	Secondary school and above	92	12.1
Occupation of the mother	Housewife	645	84.9
	Government employed	83	10.9
	Self employed	24	3.1
	Other*	8	1.1
Marital status	Married	684	90.0
	Single	53	7
	Windowed	16	2.1
	Other†	7	0.9
Educational status of the husband	Not attending formal education	372	54.3
	Primary school	202	29.4
	Secondary school and above	110	16
Occupation of the husband	Farmer	552	80.7
	Government employed	51	7.4
	Self employed	61	8.9
	Other‡	20	2.9
Residence	Rural	573	75.4
	Urban	187	24.6

*Student

†Divorced and separated

‡Daily labour and soldier