Compliance with Iron-Folate Supplement and Associated Factors among Antenatal Care Attendant Mothers in Misha District, South Ethiopia: Community Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic and economic characteristics of respondents in Misha district, Southern Ethiopia, May 2015.

Background variables	Categories	Frequency	Percent
Residence of the mother	Urban	26	8.8
	Rural	270	91.2
Women’s educational status	Illiterate	43	14.5
	Primary (1–8)	137	46.3
	Secondary (9–12) and above	116	39.2
Marital status	Single	2	0.7
	Married	291	98.3
	Widowed	3	1.0
Women’s occupation	House wife	261	88.2
	Government	25	8.4
	Others	10	3.4
Age of women	15–19	3	1.0
	20–34	222	75.0
	35–49	71	24.0
Monthly income	Low (≤500 Birr)	95	32.1
	Medium (500–900 Birr)	100	33.8
	High (≥900 Birr)	101	34.1

Others include students and self-employed.