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Table 2 Respondent demographics by woreda, 2016 and 2019

From: Community-based intervention improves abortion knowledge and reduces abortion stigma among women in Oromia, Ethiopia: a quasi-experimental mixed methods evaluation

Respondent demographics

Fogera (Comparison)

Boset (Intervention)

2016 Baseline (n = 349)

2019 Endline (n = 430)

2016 Baseline (n = 351)

2019 Endline (n = 425)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Age (Mean, SD)

29 (8)

36 (11)

28 (7)

29 (7)

  ≤ 18

12 (3)

12 (3)

12 (3)

10 (2)

 19–24

91 (26)

62 (14)

114 (32)

108 (25)

  ≥ 25

237 (70)

344 (80)

222 (63)

307 (72)

 Don’t know/refused

9 (3)

12 (3)

3 (1)

0 (0)

Currently in school

 Yes

23 (7)

29 (7)

14 (4)

44 (10)

 No

325 (94)

400 (93)

330 (96)

381 (90)

Highest level of schooling completed

 No formal education

219 (63)

347 (81)

183 (52)

109 (26)

 Primary school

72 (21)

46 (11)

113 (32)

162 (38)

 Secondary school

41 (12)

28 (7)

44 (13)

71 (17)

 Technical school

7 (2)

0 (0)

1 (< 1)

6 (1)

 College or university

7 (2)

5 (1)

8 (2)

15 (4)

 Don’t know/refused

1 (< 1)

1 (< 1)

2 (1)

62 (15)

Marital Status

 Married

274 (79)

367 (86)

312 (89)

356 (84)

 Not married, steady partner

7 (2)

4 (1)

9 (3)

5 (1)

 Single

35 (10)

25 (6)

9 (3)

29 (7)

 Separated/divorced

21 (6)

15 (4)

8 (2)

23 (5)

 Widowed

11 (3)

18 (4)

13 (4)

9 (2)

 Refused

1 (< 1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

3 (1)

Religion

 Orthodox Christian

325 (93)

420 (98)

136 (39)

227 (53)

 Protestant

1 (< 1)

0 (0)

68 (19)

102 (24)

 Catholic

0 (0)

1 (< 1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Muslim

21 (6)

8 (2)

136 (39)

90 (21)

 Traditional

2 (1)

0 (0)

11 (3)

6 (1)

 Other

0 (0)

1 (< 1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 No religious affiliation

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Don’t know/refused

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)