Table 1 Description of socio-demographic variables of married women

Age

 < 24

1646 (21.3%)

6085 (78.7%)

2370 (30.7%

5356 (69.3%)

25–34

121 (19.5%)

499 (80.5%)

190 (28.7%)

473 (71.3%)

35–49

3 (16.7%)

15 (83.3%)

5 (35.7%)

9 (64.3%)

Educational status

No education

1405 (24.7%)

4275 (75.3%)

1857 (36.2%)

3269 (63.8%)

Primary

330 (16.0%)

1732 (84.0%)

537 (24.4%)

1667 (75.6%)

Secondary

28 (7.2%)

359 (92.8%)

123 (18.1%)

555 (81.9%)

Higher

7 (2.9%)

233 (97.1%)

48 (12.2%)

347 (87.8%)

Working status

Housewife

1321 (23.2%)

4361 (76.8%)

1805 (31.7%)

3892 (68.3%)

Employed

449 (16.7%)

2238 (83.3%)

760 (28.1%)

1946 (71.9%)

Residence

Urban

189 (10.4%)

1637 (89.6%)

399 (20.2%)

1577 (79.8%)

Rural

1581 (24.2%)

4962 (75.8%)

2166 (33.7%)

4261 (66.3%)

Wealth Index

Poor

1046 (28.2%)

2659 (71.8%)

1465 (38.5%)

2338 (61.5%)

Middle

265 (19.9%)

1068 (80.1%)

360 (29.8%)

847 (70.2%)

Rich

459 (13.8%0

2872 (86.2%)

740 (21.8%)

2653 (78.2%)

Religion

Orthodox

366 (12.2%)

2643 (87.8%)

529 (17.7%)

2454 (82.3%)

Catholic

29 (33.3%)

58 (66.7%)

15 (30.6%)

34 (69.4%)

Protestant

387 (26.2%)

1089 (73.8%)

466 (29.3%)

1126 (70.7%)

Muslim

937 (25.6%)

2728 (74.4%)

1519 (41.5%)

2145 (58.5%)

Traditional

22 (38.6%)

35 (61.4%)

23 (35.4%)

42 (64.6%)

Others

29 (38.7%)

46 (61.3%)

13 (26.0%)

37 (74.0%)

Region

Tigray

93 (10.8%)

766 (89.2%)

120 (14.4%)

711 (85.6%)

Afar

303 (38.7%)

480 (61.3%)

244 (34.8%)

458 (65.2%)

Amhara

131 (11.7%)

984 (88.3%)

107 (10.9%)

879 (89.1%)

Oromia

220 (17.9%)

1011 (82.1%)

490 (41.6%)

688 (58.4%)

Somali

176 (31.8%)

378 (68.2%)

385 (49.5%)

392 (50.5%)

Benishangul Gumuz

201 (26.1%)

568 (73.9%)

353 (49.5%)

360 (50.5%)

SNNP

264 (25.6%)

769 (74.4%)

255 (22.7%)

869 (77.3%)

Gambela

217 (38.1%)

353 (61.9%)

184 (31.0%)

409 (69.0%)

Harari

83 (15.9%)

438 (84.1%)

224 (46.3%)

260 (53.7%)

Addis Ababa

22 (4.7%)

447 (95.3%)

34 (6.4%)

497 (93.6%)

Dire Dawa

60 (12.9%)

405 (87.1%)

169 (34.9%)

315 (65.1%)