Research Article
Women’s Autonomy Decision Making Power on Postpartum Modern Contraceptive Use and Associated Factors in North West Ethiopia
Table 1
Socio-demographic characteristics of mothers in Sekota town and its surroundings, Northwest, Ethiopia 2017
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| | Variables | Categories | Frequency n (%) | Variables | Categories | Frequency n (%) |
| | Age | 15–24 | 122 (29.4) | Occupation | Housewife | 219 (52.8) | | 25–34 | 218 (52.5) | Students | 17 (4.1) | | 35–44 | 75 (18.1) | Daily labor | 9 (2.2) | | Marital status | Married | 382 (92.0) | Merchant | 44 (10.6) | | Unmarried | 33 (8.0) | Governmental employee | 32 (7.7) | | Educational status | No formal education | 278 (67.0) | Private employee | 8 (1.9) | | Primary | 59 (14.2) | Farmer | 80 (19.3) | | Secondary | 43 (10.4) | Unemployed | 6 (1.4) | | Secondary plus | 35 (8.4) | Religion | Orthodox | 401 (96.6) | | Monthly family income | <700 | 120 (28.9) | Muslim | 14 (3.4) | | 701–900 | 101 (24.3) | Ethnicity | Himtana | 329 (79.3) | | 901–1500 | 100 (24.1) | Other | 86 (20.7) | | >1500 | 94 (227) | | |
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Key: Other = Amhara and Tigire. |
