Intimate partner violence against women and its association with pregnancy loss in Ethiopia: evidence from a national survey

Table 1 Participant characteristics (n = 4167)

Variable	Class	Weighted frequency	%
Current age	15–19	164	3.9
	20–24	573	13.8
	25–29	933	22.4
	30–34	885	21.2
	35–39	734	17.6
	40–44	498	11.9
	45–49	381	9.1
Age at first cohabitation	< 15 years	1111	26.7
	15–18 years	1539	36.9
	> = 18 years	1517	36.4
Educational status	No education	2650	63.6
	Primary	1080	25.9
	Secondary+	437	10.5
Employment status	Not employed	2023	48.5
Employment status	Employed	2144	51.5
Religion	Christian	2718	65.2
	Muslim	1375	33.0
	Other	75	1.8
Type of place of residence	Urban	719	17.3
Type of place of residence	Rural	3448	82.7
Region of residence	Tigray	287	6.9
	Afar	38	0.9
	Amhara	966	23.2
	Oromia	1659	39.8
	Somali	122	2.9
	Benishangul	41	1.0
	SNNPR	885	21.2
	Gambela	12	0.3
	Harari	9	0.2
	Addis Ababa	127	3.1
	Dire Dawa	20	0.5
Decision-making autonomy	No	1630	39.1
Decision-making autonomy	Yes	2537	60.9
Number of children ever born	One or less	777	18.6
	Two-three	1182	28.4
	Four or more	2209	53.0
Substance abuse	No	2171	52.1
Substance abuse	Yes	1996	47.9
Pregnancy intention (n = 2969)	Intended	2181	73.5
Pregnancy intention (n = 2969)	Unintended	788	26.5
Wealth index	Poorest	806	19.3
	Poorer	799	19.2
	Middle	882	21.2
	Richer	789	18.9
	Richest	890	21.4
Access to media	No access	2631	63.1
	< once a week	611	14.7
	> = once a week	925	22.2

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