Frequency %
Maternal Age    
<19 7 3.5
20-25 87 43.5
26-31 73 36.5
32-37 33 16.5
Educational status    
Illiterate 38 19.0
Primary 57 28.5
Secondary 64 32.0
Certificate 26 13.0
Diploma 9 4.5
Degree 6 3.0
Marital status    
Married 197 98.5
Other 3 1.5
Occupation    
Civil servant 14 7.0
Businesswoman 18 9.0
Housewife 133 66.5
Student 5 2.5
Others 30 15.0
Gestational Age    
1st Trimester 17 8.5
2nd Trimester 44 22.0
3rd Trimester 139 69.5
Parity    
0 65 32.5
1 15 7.5
2 58 29.0
3 40 20.0
+4 22 11.0
Note: Frequency and % (percent) was used. Gestational age was in week then converted to the categories, Occupation were categorized based on their life style status.
Table 1: Socio-demographic variables of 200 pregnant women at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2014.