Timing of First Antenatal Care Attendance and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women in Arba Minch Town and Arba Minch District, Gamo Gofa Zone, South Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of pregnant women in Arba Minch Town and Arba Minch District public health facilities, SNNPR, South Ethiopia, March 2014¹.

Variable ()	(%)
Age, year
15–24	169 (41.3)
25–34	208 (50.9)
35 and above	32 (7.8)
Ethnicity
Gamo	311 (76.0)
Welaita	44 (10.8)
Amhara	28 (6.8)
Other^2	26 (6.4)
Religion
Orthodox	193 (47.2)
Protestant	192 (46.9)
Other^3	24 (5.9)
Marital status
Single	11 (2.7)
Married	384 (93.9)
Other^4	14 (2.4)
Occupation
Government employed	48 (11.7)
Self-employed	59 (14.4)
Housewife	293 (71.6)
Other^5	9 (2.3)
Education status
No education	117 (28.6)
Primary school (1–8)	134 (32.8)
Secondary school (9-10)	88 (21.5)
Above secondary school	70 (17.1)
Residence
Urban	175 (42.8)
Rural	234 (57.2)
Household income
712.5 Ethiopian birr	118 (28.9)
712.5–1425 Ethiopian birr	107 (26.1)
1425 Ethiopian birr	184 (45.0)
Family size
4	285 (69.7)
4	124 (30.3)

All numbers are (%) unless otherwise indicated; ²Konso, Oromo, Selte, Gurage, Male, and Tigray; ³muslim, catholic, and ahizab; ⁴cohabitation, divorced, and windowed; ⁵student and daily worker.