Research Article
The Prevalence of Traditional Malpractice during Pregnancy, Child Birth, and Postnatal Period among Women of Childbearing Age in Meshenti Town, 2016
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents among women of childbearing age in Meshenti town, Bahir Dar Zuria woreda, Amhara region, June 2016.
| Characteristics | Category | Frequency | Percent (%) |
| Age | 15–19 | 15 | 4.7 | 20–24 | 89 | 28.0 | 25–29 | 100 | 31.4 | 30–34 | 50 | 15.7 | 35–39 | 34 | 10.7 | 40–44 | 14 | 4.4 | 45–49 | 16 | 5.0 | Total | 318 | 100.0 |
| Religion | Orthodox | 252 | 79.2 | Muslim | 64 | 20.1 | Protestant | 2 | .6 | Total | 318 | 100.0 |
| Ethnicity | Amhara | 314 | 98.7 | Oromo | 2 | .6 | Tigre | 2 | .6 | Total | 318 | 100.0 |
| Educational status | Have no formal education | 172 | 44.1 | G 1–8 | 70 | 22.0 | G 9–12 | 53 | 16.7 | 12+ | 23 | 7.2 | Total | 318 | 100.0 |
| Marital status | Married | 260 | 81.8 | Single | 18 | 5.7 | Divorced | 24 | 7.5 | Widowed | 16 | 5.0 | Total | 318 | 100.0 |
| Occupational status | Housewife | 211 | 66.4 | Employee | 25 | 7.9 | Merchant | 45 | 14.2 | Student | 6 | 1.9 | Other | 31 | 9.7 | Total | 318 | 100.0 |
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