Table 1 Result of women characteristics and desire for more children among women
From: Determinants of desire for more children among women in Ethiopia
Variable | Category | Desire for more children | |
|---|---|---|---|
Yes n = 10,274 (%) | No n = 5409 (%) | ||
Age | 15–24 | 5306 (82.9) | 1095 (17.1) |
25–34 | 3579 (70.4) | 1507 (29.6) | |
35–49 | 1389 (31.1) | 2807 (66.9) | |
Place of residence | Urban | 3831 (71.6) | 1517 (28.4) |
Rural | 6443 (62.3) | 3892 (37.7) | |
Educational level | No education | 3898 (55.4) | 3135 (44.6) |
Primary | 3653 (70.1) | 1560 (29.9) | |
Secondary and above | 2723 (79.2) | 714 (20.8) | |
Age at first marriage | Oct-19 | 7592 (63.9) | 4288 (36.1) |
20–29 | 2587 (71.1) | 1054 (28.9) | |
30–49 | 95 (58.6) | 67 (41.4) | |
Religion | Orthodox | 4202 (65.5) | 2211 (34.5) |
Catholic | 51 (56.0) | 40 (44.0) | |
Muslim | 1676 (59.6) | 1138 (40.4) | |
Protestant | 4243 (68.3) | 1966 (31.7) | |
Other | 102 (65.4) | 54 (34.6) | |
Region | Tigray | 1174 (69.8) | 508 (30.2) |
Afar | 850 (75.4) | 278 (24.6) | |
Amhara | 978 (56.9) | 741 (43.1) | |
Oromia | 972 (51.4) | 920 (48.6) | |
Somali | 1109 (79.7) | 282 (20.8) | |
Benishangul | 700 (62.2) | 426 (37.8) | |
SNNPR | 1120 (60.6) | 729 (39.4) | |
Gambela | 662 (64.0) | 373 (36.0) | |
Harari | 509 (56.2) | 397 (43.8) | |
Addis Ababa | 1381 (75.7) | 443 (24.3) | |
Dire Dawa | 819 (72.4) | 312 (27.6) | |
Wealth index | Poor | 4396 (65.4) | 2322 (34.6) |
Middle | 1857 (65.2) | 991 (34.8) | |
Rich | 4021 (65.7) | 2096 (34.3) | |
Occupation | No working | 5492 (68.3) | 2553 (31.7) |
Managerial | 366 (74.1) | 128 (25.9) | |
Clerical | 159 (75.4) | 52 (24.6) | |
Sales | 1646 (66.0) | 849 (34.0) | |
Agricultural | 1412 (53.5) | 1225 (46.5) | |
Household manual | 1199 (66.6) | 602 (33.4) | |
Ideal number of children | ≤ 4 | 5340 (66.8) | 2657 (32.2) |
> 4 | 4934 (64.2) | 2752 (35.8) | |
Number of living children | ≤ 4 | 9115 (73.2) | 3337 (26.8) |
> 4 | 1159 (35.9) | 2072 (64.1) | |
Use of contraceptives | No | 8279 (66.9) | 4092 (33.1) |
Yes | 1995 (60.2) | 1317 (39.8) | |