The Prevalence of Skilled Birth Attendant Utilization and Its Correlates in North West Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents in Ankasha Guagusa Woreda, Awi zone, Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia, 2014 ().

Characteristics of respondents	Numbers	Percent
Residence
Rural	282	75.60
Urban	91	24.40
Religion
Orthodox	367	98.39
Muslim	6	1.61
Ethnicity
Agew	290	77.75
Amhara	83	22.25
Woman’s education
No education	233	62.47
Primary	86	23.06
Secondary and above	54	14.48
Age group
≤24	53	14.21
25–29	115	30.83
30–34	110	29.49
35	95	25.47
Marital status
In marital union	347	93.03
Not in union^†	26	6.97
Polygamous
No	328	94.5
Yes	19	5.5
Husband’s education
No education	192	55.33
Primary	88	25.36
Secondary and above	67	19.31
Woman’s occupation
Housewife	278	74.53
Others^††	95	25.47
Husband’s occupation
Farmer	264	76.08
Others^††	83	23.92
Household size
4	130	34.85
5–7	186	49.87
8	57	15.28
Monthly income (Eth. Birr)^++
700	61	16.35
701–1249	124	33.24
1250–1799	121	32.44
1800	67	17.96
Source of income
Women themselves	54	14.5
Family and relatives	52	13.9
Both women and husbands	178	47.7
Husbands	89	23.9

Not in union: single, divorced, and widowed and others: employee (government and private), petty traders, daily laborer, student, and handcrafter.
Monthly income is calculated by converting annual crop yields and other agricultural products they had in that year into monthly cash income using the then market price of each merchandise and ultimately dividing it by 12.