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Table 3 Reproductive characteristics of currently married pregnant women aged 15–49, Abay Chomen District, western Ethiopia, April 2014 (n = 282)

From: Determinants of intimate partner violence during pregnancy among married women in Abay Chomen district, Western Ethiopia: a community based cross sectional study

Variable

Number (%)

Gravida

One

106 (37.5)

Two

88 (31.1)

> = Three

59 (31.5)

Marriage sequence

First

252 (89.4)

Second

22 (7.8)

Third and fourth

8 (2.9)

Marriage Ceremony

Religious

58 (20.6)

Customary marriage

47 (16.7)

Civil marriage

82 (29.1)

No marriage ceremony

95 (33.7)

Who choose her husband

Both

150 (53.0)

Husband

82 (29.0)

His family

18 (6.4)

My family

17 (6.0)

I myself

13 (4.6)

Voluntariness to marry him

Yes

220 (77.7)

No

58 (20.5)

Dowry /Bride payment

Yes

250 (88.3)

No

5 (1.8)

Don’t know

17 (6.0)

Refused

10 (3.5)

Dowry/bride

All paid

226 (79.9)

Partially paid

24 (8.5)

Don’t know

21 (7.4)

Refused

10 (3.5)

Dowry Impact

Positive impact

206 (73.8)

Negative impact

3 (1.1)

Nothing

45 (16.1)

  1. NB: Dowry/bride: refers to dowry/bride price payment to the bride’s family in country with this culture like Ethiopia
  2. Dowry impact: refers to on how the pregnant women are treated by their husband and his family