Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016 (n = 402)
Characteristics | Frequency (n) | Percent (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age(years) | 15–24 | 120 | 29.9 |
25–34 | 251 | 62.4 | |
≥ 35 | 31 | 7.7 | |
Residence | Urban | 303 | 75.4 |
Rural | 99 | 24.6 | |
Marital status | Married | 386 | 96 |
Single | 7 | 1.7 | |
Divorced | 2 | 0.5 | |
Separated | 6 | 1.5 | |
Widowed | 1 | 0.2 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 356 | 88.6 |
Muslim | 37 | 9.2 | |
Protestant | 9 | 2.2 | |
Ethnicity | Amhara | 381 | 94.8 |
Tigre | 15 | 3.7 | |
Oromo | 2 | 0.5 | |
Other | 4 | 1.0 | |
Educational status | No formal education | 92 | 22.9 |
Primary education | 84 | 20.9 | |
High school education | 112 | 27.9 | |
Certificate and above | 114 | 28.4 | |
Occupation | House wife | 221 | 55.0 |
Farmer | 13 | 3.2 | |
Merchant | 51 | 12.7 | |
Government employee | 94 | 23.4 | |
Daily laborer | 11 | 2.7 | |
Student | 12 | 3.0 | |
Family size | ≤ 3 | 285 | 70.9 |
4–6 | 90 | 22.4 | |
> 6 | 27 | 6.7 | |
Wealth Index | Low | 134 | 33.3 |
Middle | 134 | 33.3 | |
High | 134 | 33.3 | |