Level of Knowledge and Associated Factors of Postnatal Mothers’ towards Essential Newborn Care Practices at Governmental Health Centers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics’ of postnatal mothers in Addis Ababa health centers, Dec.1-Jan.30, 2017.

Variable	Frequency	Percentage
Age of the mother
15-25	207	40.4
26-35	245	47.9
36-45	60	11.7
Marital status
Married	464	90.6
Single/Divorce/widowed	48	9.4
Occupation of mother
Employed	306	59.8
Unemployed	206	40.2
Education level
Illiterate	42	8.2
1-10	250	48.8
Higher than 10	220	43
Religion
Orthodox	304	59.4
Muslim	126	24.6
Protestant	82	16
Ethnicity of mother
Amhara	189	36.9
Oromo	148	28.9
Gurage	101	19.7
Others	74	14.5
Families monthly income (in Birr)
≤1000	80	15.6
1001-2000	114	22.3
>2000	318	62.1