Frequent Antenatal Care Visits Increase Institutional Delivery at Dabat Health and Demographic Surveillance System Site, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of pregnant mothers at DHDSS site, northwest Ethiopia, 2014-2015.

Characteristics	Number (Percent)
Ethnicity
Amhara	1,288 (99.80)
Tigray	2 (0.20)
Religion
Orthodox	1267 (98.22)
Muslim	23 (1.78)
Marital status
Single	170 (13.18)
Married	1,049 (81.32)
Divorced	71 (5.50)
Educational status
Not read and write	855 (66.28)
Read and write	435 (33.72)
Occupation
All types of paid jobs	219 (16.98)
Housewife	979 (75.89)
Unemployed	92 (7.13)
Residence
Rural	1,055 (81.78)
Urban	235 (18.22)