Table 1 Socio demographic and socio-economic characteristics of reproductive age women in Dewa Chefa district, Ethiopia, March 29-April 25, 2021

Age

< 20 years

20–34 years

35–49 years

2 (1.3%)

115 (74.7%)

37 (24%)

45 (14.6%)

208 (67.5%)

55 (17.9%)

Residence

Semi-Urban

Rural

22 (14.3%)

132 (85.7%)

65 (21.1%)

243 (78.9%)

Religion

Muslim

Orthodox

Others

145 (94.2%)

6 (3.9%)

3 (1.9%)

287 (93.2%)

14 (4.5%)

7 (2.2%)

Ethnicity

Oromo

Amhara

Others

117 (76%)

33 (21.4%)

4 (2.6%)

234 (76%)

71 (23.1%)

3 (0.9%)

Respondents Educational Status

No formal education

Read and write

Primary

Secondary

College & Above

73 (47.4%)

46 (29.9%)

18 (11.7%)

6 (3.9%)

11 (7.1%)

106 (34.4%)

90 (29.2%)

43 (14%)

28 (9.1%)

41 (13.3%)

Partners Educational Status

No formal education

Read and write

Primary

Secondary

College & Above

67 (43.5%)

59 (38.3%)

12 (7.8%)

3 (1.9%)

13 (8.4%)

104 (33.8%)

112 (36.4%)

24 (7.8%)

17 (5.5%)

51 (16.6%)

Respondents Occupation

House wife

Farmer

Merchant

Student

Daily Laborer

Gov’t employee

Private employee

95 (61.7%)

21 (13.6%)

22 (14.3%)

2 (1.3%)

3 (1.9%)

10 (6.5%)

1 (0.6%)

152 (49.4%)

37 (12%)

33 (10.7%)

47 (15.3%)

4 (1.3%)

29 (9.4%)

6 (1.9%)

Household Members

< 5

5 and Above

58 (37.7%)

96 (62.3%)

146 (47.4%)

162 (52.6%)

Media Source Availability

Yes

No

128 (83.1%)

26 (16.9%)

258 (83.8%)

50 (16.2%)

Type of Media Source Available (n = 386)

Television

Radio

Mobile Phone

36 (28.1%)

47 (36.7%)

45 (35.2%)

88 (34.1%)

102 (39.5%)

68 (26.4%)