Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics’ of women having surgery for delivery in obstetrics of Assela Teaching Hospital, April, 23, 2015 to September 5, 2015
Variable | Frequency | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | ≤ 19 | 23 | 13.9 |
20–34 | 309 | 63.9 | |
≥35 | 52 | 22.2 | |
Address | Urban | 166 | 47.2 |
Rural | 218 | 52.8 | |
Ethnicity | Oromo | 259 | 67.4 |
Amhara | 62 | 16.1 | |
Tigrie | 32 | 8.3 | |
Guragie | 20 | 5.2 | |
Other | 11 | 2.9 | |
Religion | Orthodox Christian | 136 | 35.4 |
Protestant | 61 | 15.9 | |
Muslim | 184 | 47.9 | |
Other | 3 | 0.8 | |
Occupation | House wife | 225 | 58.6 |
Civil servant | 100 | 26 | |
Farmer | 3 | 8 | |
Merchant | 56 | 14.6 | |
Educational Status | Illiterate | 77 | 20.1 |
Read &Write Only | 54 | 13.8 | |
Grade 1–8 | 68 | 17.7 | |
Grade 9–12 | 98 | 25.5 | |
Above grade 12 | 88 | 22.9 | |
Marital Status | Married | 383 | 99.7 |
Divorced | 1 | 0.3 | |
Average monthly income of Family | Less than 1000 | 175 | 45.6 |
1001–3999 | 107 | 27.9 | |
Greater than 4000 | 102 | 26.6 | |