Table 1 Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of post-natal mothers in selected health centers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, August 2022
Variable Category | Frequency | percentage% | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maternal age | 15–19 | 18 | 3.7% | |||
20–24 | 89 | 18.5% | ||||
25–29 | 229 | 47.6% | ||||
30–34 >=35 | 101 44 | 21.0% 9.1% | ||||
Religion | Orthodox | 230 | 47.8% | |||
Muslim | 140 | 29.1% | ||||
Protestant | 87 | 18.1% | ||||
Catholic | 24 | 5.0% | ||||
Maternal educational status | No formal education Primary and secondary Diploma and above | 58 247 176 | 12% 51.4% 36.6% | |||
Maternal occupational status | House wife | 250 | 52.0% | |||
Government employee | 131 | 27.2% | ||||
Private | 100 | 20.8% | ||||
Marital status | Single | 8 | 1.7% | |||
Married | 461 | 95.8% | ||||
Widowed or divorced | 12 | 2.5% | ||||
Husband’s educational status (n = 461) | No formal education Formal education | 42 419 | 9.1% 90.9% | |||
Husband’s occupational status | Government employee Private work | 157 304 | 34.1% 65.9% | |||
Baby’s sex | Male | 245 | 50.9% | |||
Female | 236 | 49.1% | ||||