Variable

Number

Percentage

Age (years)

<20

7

2.1

20 - 29

184

56.3

30 - 39

128

39.1

≥40

8

2.4

Level of education

No formal or primary education

84

25.7

Secondary education

131

40.1

College/university

108

33.0

Marital status

Single

29

8.9

Married

261

81.2

Cohabiting

30

9.6

Divorced

2

0.3

Occupation

Employed/self employed

229

70.2

Peasant

5

1.5

House-wife

86

26.3

Students

6

2.0

Gravidity

Primigravida

130

36.7

Gravida 2 - 4

158

48.3

Gravida 5 and above

38

11.6

Past mode of delivery (n = 196)

Vaginal delivery only

132

67.3

^*Caesarean delivery only

40

20.4

Both vaginal and caesarean delivery

24

12.3