Table 1 Individual and community-level characteristics of reproductive age women in Ethiopia, EDHS 2016 (n = 15,683)
Variable | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
15–19 | 3380.9 | 21.6 |
20–24 | 2761.8 | 17.6 |
25–29 | 2956.7 | 18.9 |
30–34 | 2345.2 | 14.9 |
35–39 | 1932.1 | 12.3 |
40–44 | 1289.6 | 8.2 |
45–49 | 1016.7 | 6.5 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 6786.2 | 43.3 |
Protestant | 3674.1 | 23.4 |
Muslim | 4892.7 | 31.2 |
Others* | 330.0 | 2.1 |
Educational status | ||
No education | 7497.9 | 47.8 |
Primary | 5490.4 | 35.0 |
Secondary | 1817.5 | 11.6 |
Higher | 877.2 | 5.6 |
Household wealth index | ||
Poorest | 2632.8 | 16.8 |
Poorer | 2809.2 | 17.9 |
Middle | 2978.2 | 19.0 |
Richer | 3099.6 | 19.8 |
Richest | 4163.2 | 26.7 |
Marital status | ||
Never married | 4036.4 | 25.7 |
Married | 10,453.7 | 66.7 |
Widowed/divorced | 1192.9 | 7.6 |
Number of living children | ||
None | 5185.3 | 33.1 |
1–2 | 3769.5 | 24.0 |
3–4 | 3063.7 | 19.5 |
5 and above | 3664.5 | 23.4 |
Frequency of watching television | ||
Not at all | 11,294.6 | 72.0 |
Less than once a week | 1903.5 | 12.1 |
At least once a week | 2484.9 | 15.9 |
Frequency of listening radio | ||
Not at all | 10,485.4 | 66.9 |
Less than once a week | 2616.7 | 16.7 |
At least once a week | 2580.9 | 16.5 |
Ever chewing chat | ||
No | 13,779.4 | 87.9 |
Yes | 1903.6 | 12.1 |
Residence | ||
Urban | 3476 | 22.2 |
Rural | 12,207 | 77.8 |
Region | ||
Tigray | 1129.0 | 7.2 |
Afar | 128.2 | 0.8 |
Amhara | 3714.1 | 23.7 |
Oromia | 5700.9 | 36.4 |
Somali | 459.5 | 2.9 |
Benishangul | 160.4 | 1.0 |
SNNP | 3288.0 | 21.0 |
Gambella | 43.7 | 0.3 |
Harari | 38.5 | 0.2 |
Addis Ababa | 930.3 | 6.0 |
Dire Dawa | 90.4 | 0.6 |
Community-level of wealth | ||
A low proportion of poor | 9078.2 | 57.9 |
A high proportion of poor | 6604.8 | 42.1 |
Community-level of education | ||
A high proportion of educated | 4323.5 | 27.6 |
A low proportion of educated | 11,359.5 | 72.4 |
Community-level of television exposure | ||
A low proportion of television exposure | 3546.9 | 22.6 |
A high proportion of television exposure | 12,136.1 | 77.4 |
Community-level of radio exposure | ||
A low proportion of radio exposure | 5688 | 36.3 |
A high proportion of radio exposure | 9995 | 63.7 |