Research Article
Induced Abortion and Associated Factors in Health Facilities of Guraghe Zone, Southern Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of postabortion patients in health institutions of Guraghe zone, South Ethiopia, from January to March, 2010.
| Variables () | Number | Percentage (%) |
| Age (mean 25.3 (SD ± 6.4)) | | | 15–19 | 91 | 22.75 | 20–24 | 99 | 24.75 | 25–29 | 94 | 23.5 | 30–34 | 66 | 16.5 | 35+ | 50 | 12.5 | Marital status | | | Married | 227 | 56.8 | Single | 160 | 40 | Divorced | 9 | 2.3 | Widowed | 4 | 1 | Occupational status | | | House wife | 185 | 46.3 | Student | 134 | 33.5 | Daily laborer | 29 | 7.3 | Office worker | 21 | 5.3 | Teacher | 9 | 2.3 | Commercial sex worker | 8 | 2 | House maid | 7 | 1.8 | Others | 7 | 1.8 | Educational status | | | Illiterate | 130 | 32.5 | Read and write | 46 | 11.5 | Primary education | 99 | 24.8 | Secondary education | 87 | 21.8 | Tertiary education | 38 | 9.5 | Ethnic group | | | Guraghe | 319 | 79.8 | Amhara | 46 | 11.5 | Oromo | 23 | 5.8 | Others | 12 | 3 | Religion | | | Orthodox | 166 | 41.5 | Muslim | 182 | 45.5 | Protestant | 39 | 9.8 | Catholic | 13 | 3.3 |
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