Table 1 Socio-demographic factors among pregnant women in Gindeberet district, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 621)
Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Age of participants | < 20 | 113 | 18.2 |
20–35 | 399 | 64.3 | |
> 35 | 109 | 17.6 | |
Place of Residence | Urban | 127 | 20.5 |
Rural | 494 | 79.5 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 154 | 24.8 |
Protestant | 459 | 73.9 | |
Wakefeta | 8 | 1.3 | |
Ethnicity | Oromo | 616 | 99.2 |
Other | 5 | 0.8 | |
Marital status | Married | 540 | 87.0 |
Others** | 81 | 13.0 | |
Occupational status of the mother | Farmer | 18 | 2.9 |
House wife | 453 | 72.9 | |
Private employee | 51 | 8.2 | |
Merchant | 43 | 6.9 | |
Government employee | 56 | 9.0 | |
Occupational status of the husband | Farmer | 422 | 68.0 |
Private employee | 49 | 7.8 | |
Merchant | 63 | 10.1 | |
Government employee | 87 | 14.0 | |
Educational status of mother | Informal education | 213 | 34.3 |
Only primary education (1–8 grade) | 224 | 36.1 | |
Secondary education (9–12 grade) | 132 | 21.3 | |
College Diploma and above | 52 | 8.4 | |
Educational status of husband | Informal education | 187 | 30.1 |
Only primary education (1–8 grade) | 134 | 21.6 | |
Secondary education (9–12 grade) | 194 | 31.2 | |
College Diploma and above | 106 | 17.1 | |
Number of family size | < 5 | 285 | 45.9 |
≥ 5 | 336 | 54.1 | |
Number of family size < 15 years | Number of family who have no < 15 years children | 67 | 10.8 |
Number of family who have < 15 years children | 554 | 89.2 | |
Number of family size > 65 years | Number of family who have no > 65 years | 529 | 85.2 |
Number of family who have > 65 years | 92 | 14.8 |