Severe menopausal symptoms and associated factors among post-menopausal women in Ambo town, West Shewa, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Socio-demographic Characteristics of study participants in Ambo town West Shewa, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Variables	Response	Frequency	Percentage %
Age categories	< 50 years	75	17.2
	51 to 60 years	189	43.2
	61 years and older	173	39.6
Educational status	Unable to read and write	82	18.8
	Primary school 1to 8	133	30.4
	Secondary school 9 to 12	131	30.0
	College and above	91	20.8
Ethnicity	Oromo	381	87.2
	Amhara	35	8.0
	Others^a	21	4.8
Marital status	Married	342	78.3
Marital status	Widowed	95	21.7
Religion	Protestant	247	56.5
	Orthodox	149	34.1
	Muslim	38	8.7
	Others^b	3	0.7
Occupational status	House wife	256	58.6
	Government employee	68	15.6
	Merchant	78	17.8
	Retired	35	8.0
Average monthly family income	< 1380	10	2.3
	1381 to 6900	332	76.0
	6901 and above	95	21.7

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