Table 2 Socio demographic characteristics of study subjects, Dessie town, northeast Ethiopia, 2014 (n = 382)
Variable | Number | Percentage | Unmet need | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | |||
Age Group | No | % | No | No |
15–24 | 98 | 29.7 | 59 | 39 |
25–34 | 225 | 58.9 | 91 | 134 |
35+ | 59 | 15.4 | 23 | 36 |
Residence | ||||
Urban | 313 | 82 | 137 | 176 |
Rural | 69 | 18 | 36 | 33 |
Current Marital status | ||||
Married | 339 | 88.7 | 151 | 188 |
Separated/Divorced/Widowed | 25 | 6.5 | 11 | 14 |
Single | 18 | 4.7 | 11 | 7 |
Educational level | ||||
Non educated | 52 | 13.6 | 37 | 15 |
Primary | 147 | 38.5 | 66 | 81 |
Secondary/Tertiary | 183 | 47.9 | 70 | 113 |
Religion | ||||
Orthodox | 172 | 44.8 | 76 | 86 |
Protestant | 33 | 8.6 | 15 | 18 |
Muslims | 187 | 46.6 | 82 | 105 |
Ethnicity | ||||
Amhara | 324 | 84.6 | 145 | 179 |
Tigre | 55 | 13.4 | 28 | 27 |