Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents in Arba Minch Zuria, 2012 (n = 383)
Variable | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Marital status | ||
Married | 376 | 98.2 |
Unmarried | 7 | 1.8 |
Family size | ||
< 5 | 121 | 31.6 |
≥ 5 | 262 | 68.4 |
Maternal age (in years) | ||
> 20 | 83 | 21.67 |
20–24 | 230 | 60.05 |
≥ 25 | 70 | 18.28 |
Attended antenatal care | ||
Yes | 319 | 83.3 |
No | 64 | 16.7 |
Utilization of family planning | ||
Yes | 237 | 61.9 |
No | 146 | 38.1 |
Delivery assistant | ||
Traditional birth attendants | 197 | 51.4 |
Health workers | 41 | 10.7 |
Relatives | 145 | 37.9 |
Child age (in months) | ||
0–6 | 120 | 31.33 |
7–12 | 170 | 44.39 |
13–24 | 93 | 24.28 |
Delivery type | ||
Caesarean section | 6 | 1.6 |
Vaginal delivery | 377 | 98.4 |
Place of delivery | ||
Home | 370 | 96.6 |
Health institution | 13 | 3.4 |
Maternal education | ||
No education | 235 | 61.4 |
Reading and writing | 79 | 20.6 |
Elementary and above | 69 | 19 |
Ethnicity | ||
Gamo | 299 | 78.0 |
Wolaita | 19 | 5.0 |
Other* | 65 | 17.0 |
Farm land owners | ||
No | 94 | 75.5 |
Yes | 289 | 24.5 |
Religion | ||
Protestant | 234 | 61.1 |
Orthodox Christian | 138 | 36.0 |
Others** | 11 | 2.9 |