Research Article
Assessment of Violence during COVID-19 among Reproductive Age Women in Arsi Zone, South East Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of women aged 15-49 years old in Arsi Zone, 2021.
| Variables | Characteristics | Frequency (%) |
| Age | 15-19 | 80 (5.5) | 20-24 | 328 (22.5) | 25-29 | 460 (31.6) | 30-34 | 212 (14.5) | 35-39 | 214 (14.7) | 40-44 | 89 (6.1) | >=45 | 75 (5.1) |
| Religion | Muslim | 499 (34.2) | Orthodox | 820 (56.2) | Protestant and others | 139 (9.5) |
| Marital status | Single | 54 (3.7) | Have a regular partner but living apart | 170 (11.7) | Married and lived with a partner | 1154 (79.1) | Others (divorced, widowed) | 80 (5.5) |
| Ethnicity | Oromo | 967 (66.3) | Amhara | 394 (27) | Tigre and others | 97 (6.7) |
| Educational status | Unable to read and write | 119 (8.2) | Able to read and write | 46 (3.2) | Primary (1–8) | 509 (34.9) | Secondary (9–12) | 510 (35.0) | Tertiary (diploma and above) | 274 (18.8) |
| Average monthly income | 0-1000 | 395 (27.1) | 1001-2000 | 282 (19.3) | 2001-3000 | 193 (13.2) | 3001-4000 | 153 (10.5) | 4001-5000 | 138 (9.5) | >5000 | 297 (20.4) |
| Live with | Alone | 67 (4.6) | With a partner (not married) | 23 (1.6) | With your husband | 1154 (79.1) | With husband family | 75 (5.1) | With your family | 92 (6.3) | Others | 47 (3.2) |
| Decisions made on the household issue | Husband | 464 (31.8) | Wife | 185 (12.7) | Jointly | 809 (55.5) |
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