Birth Preparedness among Women Who Gave Birth in the Last Twelve Months in Jardega Jarte District, Western Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants’ who gave birth recently, in Jardega Jarte District, Oromia Region, western Ethiopia, from January 1 to February 2, 2016.

Variables	Number (n=570)	Percent
Age in years, Mean (± standard deviation)
15-24	150	26.3
25-34	318	55.8
3	102	17.9
Educational status
Illiterate	158	27.7
Primary	320	56.1
Secondary and above	92	16.1
Religion
Protestant	168	29.5
Orthodox	199	34.9
Muslim	111	19.5
Catholic	92	16.1
Ethnicity
Oromo	493	86.5
Amhara	38	6.7
Tigray	22	3.9
Gurage	17	3.0
Marital status
Currently in marital union	543	95.3
Currently not in marital union	27	4.7
Have fixed income source
Yes	144	25.3
No	426	99.7
Average family size (Range)	6 (0-13)