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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants in Debre Birhan Town, North Shewa, 2015 (n = 390)

From: Determinants of postnatal care utilization in urban community among women in Debre Birhan Town, Northern Shewa, Ethiopia

Variables

Number

Percent

Religion

Orthodox Christian

354

90.8

Muslim

22

5.6

Protestant

11

2.8

Other

3

0.8

Ethnicity

Amhara

375

96.2

Oromo

14

3.6

Other

1

0.25

Marital status

Married

328

84.1

Unmarried

31

7.9

Divorced

24

6.2

Widowed

7

1.8

Educational status

Illiterate

45

11.5

Grades 1–8

162

41.5

Grades 9–12

122

31.3

12+

61

15.6

Occupation status

Housewife

196

50.3

Self-employed

138

35.4

Government employee

56

17.1

Husband’ s education

Illiterate

16

4.1

Grades1–8

119

30.5

Grades 9–12

52

39

12+

103

26.4

Family size

1–3

130

33.3

4–6

231

59.2

7–10

27

6.5

Average monthly income

< 500

108

27.7

501–1500

201

51.5

1501–2500

60

15.4

> 2501

21(5.4)