Research Article
Unintended Pregnancy in Ethiopia: Community Based Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic and economic characteristics of participants (
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| Characteristics | Frequency | Percentage |
| Age | | | 24 | 112 | 16.2 | 25–34 | 465 | 67.4 | 35 | 113 | 16.4 |
| Residence | | | Urban | 466 | 67.5 | Rural | 224 | 32.5 |
| Marital status | | | Currently married | 523 | 75.8 | Formerly married | 76 | 11.0 | Never married | 91 | 13.2 |
| Education level | | | Tertiary | 290 | 42.0 | Secondary | 208 | 30.1 | Primary | 113 | 16.4 | No education | 79 | 11.4 |
| Monthly income in United States dollar | | | 68.66 | 456 | 66.1 | 45.79–68.62 | 125 | 18.1 | 22.92–45.75 | 76 | 11.0 | 22.87 | 33 | 4.8 |
| Occupation | | | Government employee | 238 | 34.5 | Private employee | 19 | 2.8 | Farmer | 133 | 19.3 | Merchant | 89 | 12.9 | Daily labor | 85 | 12.3 | Student | 32 | 4.6 | Housewife | 94 | 13.6 |
| Time to walk to the nearest health facility | | | <40 minutes | 547 | 79.3 | 40–79 minutes | 76 | 11.0 | >80 minutes | 67 | 9.7 |
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Formerly married: divorced, widowed, and separated. 1 Ethiopian birr = 0.045746 United States dollar.
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