Table 1 |
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Socio-demographic characters of the women in nine regions of Ethiopia, 2005 |
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Characteristic |
n (%) |
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Age, years |
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15-20 |
57 (5.9) |
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21-30 |
138 (14.2) |
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31-35 |
243 (25.1) |
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36-40 |
173 (17.8) |
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41-45 |
176 (18.1) |
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46-49 |
183 (18.9) |
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Occupation |
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Mixed farming |
351 (36.2) |
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Livestock |
33 (3.4) |
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Trade |
125 (12.9) |
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Civil servant |
154 (15.9) |
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Factory worker |
26 (2.7) |
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Handicraft |
40 (4.1) |
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Others (i.e., housewife) |
241 (24.8) |
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Settings |
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Rural |
776 (80.0) |
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Urban |
194 (20.0) |
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Formal Education1 |
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Yes |
570 (58.8) |
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No |
400 (41.2) |
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Marital status |
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Married |
797 (82.2) |
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Divorced/widowed |
173 (17.8) |
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Pregnant |
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Yes |
94 (9.7) |
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No |
876 (90.3) |
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Family size |
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1-5 |
567 (58.5) |
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>5 |
403 (41.5) |
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Birth spacing, years |
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≤ 2 |
252 (26.0) |
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> 2 |
718 (74.0) |
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1 Primary education and above; literate. |
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Haidar and Pobocik BMC Blood Disorders 2009 9:7 doi:10.1186/1471-2326-9-7 |
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