Inter-pregnancy interval and associated factors among parous women in neighboring low-land ecologies of arsi & east shoa zone, southeast Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the interviewed women, Arsi and East Shoa, 2022

Variables	Frequency (N = 563)	Percentage (%)
Districts
Dodota	200	35.52
Dugda	169	30.02
Ziway Dugda	194	34.46
Age
15–25	253	44.94
26–35	289	51.33
>35	21	3.73
Woman’s current marital status
Never Married	8	1.42
Currently Married	548	97.32
Others*	7	1.24
Woman’s religion
Muslim	370	65.72
Catholic	7	1.24
Protestant	40	7.10
Orthodox	105	18.65
Others	41	7.28
Woman’s Ethnicity
Oromo	558	99.11
Others**	5	0.89
Woman’s Residence
Rural	453	80.46
Urban	110	19.54
Woman’s Education level
Cannot read and write	103	18.29
Can read and write	44	7.82
Primary education	347	61.63
Secondary and above	69	12.26
Husband’s education level
Cannot read and write	42	7.46
Can read and write	26	4.62
Primary education	345	61.28
Secondary and above	150	26.64
Household sources of income
Farming	458	81.35
Trade	59	10.48
Employed in Government or Private	32	5.68
Other	14	2.49

ISSN: 2055-7426