Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of women with advanced pelvic organ prolapse, and fistula at GURH, NORTHWEST Ethiopia (n = 306)
From: Depression among women with obstetric fistula, and pelvic organ prolapse in northwest Ethiopia
Characteristic | Number | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age in years | 22-34 | 34 | 11.1 |
35-49 | 80 | 26.1 | |
50+ | 192 | 62.7 | |
Mean ± SD | 53.5 ± 11.2 | ||
Residence | Urban | 45 | 14.7 |
Rural | 261 | 85.3 | |
Religion | Orthodox Christian | 237 | 91.8 |
Muslim | 92 | 8.2 | |
Ethnicity | Amhara | 284 | 92.8 |
Tigre | 22 | 7.4 | |
Marital status | Married | 270 | 88.2 |
Divorced | 23 | 7.5 | |
Widowed | 13 | 4.3 | |
Educational status | Unable to read and write | 298 | 97.3 |
Read and write or primary | 8 | 2.7 | |
Occupational status | House wife | 282 | 92.2 |
Employed (gov’t or self) | 11 | 3.6 | |
Daily Laborer | 13 | 4.2 | |