Table 1 Background characteristics of Respondents in Ethiopia, EDHS 2016
Variables | Early marriage (N = 11,646) | |
|---|---|---|
Yes (N, %) | No (N, %) | |
Residence | ||
 Rural | 6297 (66.0) | 3247 (34.0) |
 Urban | 1025 (47.8) | 1077 (52.2) |
Religion | ||
 Muslim | 2532 (64.8) | 1374 (35.2) |
 Orthodox | 3158 (63.5) | 1812 (36.5) |
 Protestant | 1471 (58.9) | 1027 (41.1) |
 Catholic | 37 (44.6) | 48 (55.4) |
 Others | 122 (65.2) | 65 (34.8) |
Working status of respondents | ||
 Not working | 4959 (64.2) | 2764 (35.8) |
 working | 2363 (60.2) | 1559 (39.8) |
Level of women education | ||
 No education | 4910 (69.6) | 2148 (30.4) |
 Primary | 2039 (60.9) | 1311 (39.1) |
 Secondary | 267 (34.9) | 497 (65.1) |
 Higher | 106 (22.5) | 366 (77.5) |
Husband education | ||
 No education | 3188 (68.1) | 1496 (31.9) |
 Primary | 2449 (64.9) | 1323 (33.1) |
 Secondary | 467 (47.9) | 508 (52.1) |
 Higher | 241 (33.8) | 471 (66.2) |
Wealth Index | ||
 Poorest | 1456 (65.6) | 763 (34.4) |
 Poorer | 1587 (69.5) | 697 (30.5) |
 Middle | 1530 (65.9) | 793 (34.1) |
 Richer | 1405 (62.7) | 837 (37.3) |
 Richest | 1343 (52.1) | 1233 (47.9) |
Decision on 1st marriage | ||
 Myself | 1985 (48.5) | 2110 (51.5) |
 Parents | 5016 (71.0) | 2053 (29.0) |
 Relatives/Others | 108 (63.1) | 63 (36.9) |
Region | ||
 Tigray | 543 (64.1) | 304 (35.9) |
 Afar | 81 (75.0) | 27 (25.0) |
 Amhara | 2107 (73.0) | 778 (27.0) |
 Oromia | 2751 (62.1) | 1682 (37.9) |
 Somali | 200 (55.9) | 158 (44.1) |
 Benishang | 81 (64.8) | 44 (35.2) |
 SNNPR | 1343 (58.1) | 967 (41.9) |
 Gambela | 22 (64.7) | 12 (35.3) |
 Harari | 16 (55.2) | 13 (44.8) |
 Addis Ababa | 141 (31.3) | 310 (68.7) |
 Dire Dawa | 34 (55.7) | 27 (44.3) |
Type of media exposure | ||
 0 | 4723 (65.9) | 2448 (34.1) |
 1 | 1460 (64.2) | 815 (35.8) |
 2 | 887 (58.9) | 620 (41.1) |
 3 | 231 (40.7) | 336 (59.3) |
 4 | 22 (17.5) | 104 (82.5) |
Community women education | ||
 Low | 2892 (56.5) | 2228 (43.5) |
 High | 4430 (67.9) | 2096 (32.1) |
Community husband education | ||
 Low | 3226 (58.0) | 2333 (42.0) |
 High | 4096 (67.3) | 1990 (32.7) |
Community poverty | ||
 Low | 3763 (59.3) | 2586 (40.7) |
 High | 3559 (67.2) | 1738 (32.8) |
Community media exposure | ||
 Low | 448 (16.1) | 2329 (83.9) |
 High | 3874 (66.0) | 1994 (34.0) |