Adherence to Iron-Folate Supplementation and Associated Factors among Pastoralist’s Pregnant Women in Burji Districts, Segen Area People’s Zone, Southern Ethiopia: Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic and economic characteristics of Pastoralist’s pregnant mothers in Burji Districts, Segen Area Zone of Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region, Ethiopia, March-April 2017 (N=317).

Variables	Categories	Frequency(n)	Percent ()
Age in years	15-19	22	6.9
	20-34	270	85.2
	≥35	25	7.9
Residence	Rural	79	24.9
	Urban	238	75.1
Marital status	Single	24	7.6
	Married	248	78.2
	Divorced	34	10.7
	Widowed	11	3.5
Maternal educational status	Have no formal education	188	89.3
	Primary	47	14.8
	Secondary and above	82	28.8
Husband educational status	Have no formal education	106	33.4
	Primary	129	40.7
	Secondary and above	82	25.9
Maternal Occupational status	Housewife/Farmer	292	92.1
	Merchants	12	3.8
	Employers	12	3.8
	Others	1	0.3
Number of lived children	1-3	45	14.2
	4-6	103	32.5
	>6	169	53.3