Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness among Pregnant Women in a Secondary Health Facility in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Table 3

Sociodemographic characteristics of the study population.

Maternal variable	Frequency (%)
Age
≤20	9 (2.0)
21-25	68 (15.0)
26-30	198 (44.0)
31-35	153 (34.0)
>35	22 (5.0)
Residence
Urban	335 (74.4)
Rural	115 (25.6)
Religion
Christianity	446 (99.1)
Others	4 (0.9)
Ethnicity
Igbo	450 (100.0)
Others	—
Educational status
No formal education	11 (2.4)
Primary	41 (9.1)
Secondary	146 (32.5)
Tertiary	252 (56.0)
Social class
Upper class	128 (28.0)
Middle class	151 (34.0)
Lower class	171 (38.0)