Research Article
Knowledge about Obstetric Danger Signs and Related Factors in Reproductive-Age Women in the Southeast Zone of Tigray, 2021: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents among reproductive-age women in southeastern zone of Tigray, Ethiopia, 2021 (
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| Variable | Category | Frequency | Percentage (%) |
| Age | 15-24 | 82 | 20 | 25-34 | 92 | 22.4 | 35-44 | 84 | 20.5 | ≥45 | 152 | 37.1 | Total | 410 | 100 |
| Religion | Orthodox | 308 | 75.1 | Muslim | 102 | 24.9 | Total | 410 | 100 |
| Marital status | Single | 108 | 26.3 | Married | 286 | 69.8 | Widowed | 16 | 3.9 | Total | 410 | 100 |
| Ethnicity | Tigraweyty | 378 | 92.2 | Afar | 32 | 7.8 | Total | 410 | 100 |
| Educational status | Illiterate | 234 | 57.1 | Read and write | 42 | 10.2 | Elementary school | 32 | 7.8 | Secondary school | 44 | 10.7 | Diploma and above | 58 | 14.1 | Total | 410 | 100 |
| Occupation | Housewife | 254 | 62 | Government employed | 72 | 17.6 | Student | 66 | 16.1 | Merchant | 18 | 4.4 | Total | 410 | 100 |
| Income | ≤500 | 246 | 60 | 501-1000 | 76 | 18.5 | 1001-1500 | 24 | 5.9 | 1501-2000 | 30 | 7.3 | ≥2001 | 34 | 8.3 | Total | 410 | 100 |
| Husband occupation () | Farmer | 144 | 46.45 | Government employed | 44 | 14.19 | Private employed | 58 | 18.7 | Merchant | 64 | 20.65 | Total | 310 | 100 |
| Residence | Rural | 340 | 83 | Urban | 70 | 17 | Total | 410 | 100 |
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