Table 1 Respondents’ distribution according to sociodemographic and behavioral variables during 2005–2016 in Ethiopia

Number of women (weighted)

1112

3569

3071

Sex of household headed

 Female

465 (41.8)

1472 (41.2)

1291 (42.0)

 Male

647 (58.2)

2096 (58.8)

1780 (58.0)

Age in years

 15–24

567 (51.0)

1733 (48.6)

1308 (42.6)

 25–49

545 (49.0)

1836 (51.4)

1763 (57.4)

Highest education level of women

 No education

259 (23.3)

767 (21.5)

502 (16.3)

 Primary education

282 (25.4)

1533 (43.0)

1040 (33.9)

 Secondary education

495 (44.5)

728 (20.4)

885 (28.8)

 Higher

76 (6.8)

541 (15.1)

644 (21.0)

Region category

 Urban setting

355 (32.0)

879 (24.6)

906 (29.5)

 Agrarian

695 (62.5)

2484 (69.6)

2026 (66.0)

 Pastoralist

62 (5.5)

206 (5.8)

138 (4.5)

Employment status

 Not employed

634 (57.1)

1501 (42.1)

1267 (41.3)

 Formal employee

429 (38.5)

1729 (48.4)

1628 (53.0)

 Non_formal employee

49 (4.4)

339 (9.5)

176 (5.7)

Religion

 Orthodox

811 (72.9)

2345 (65.7)

1874 (61.0)

 Muslim

169 (15.2)

601 (16.9)

565 (18.4)

 Protestant

114 (10.3)

582 (16.3)

609 (19.7)

 Tradition/other/catholic

18 (1.6)

40 (1.1)

25 (0.8)

Marital status

 Never married

519 (46.7)

1525 (42.7)

1276 (41.5)

 Married/in union

404 (36.3)

1572 (44.1)

1380 (44.9)

 Widowed/divorced/separated

189 (17.0)

472 (13.2)

415 (13.6)

Wealth status

 Poor

14 (1.2)

94 (2.6)

1068 (34.8)

 Middle

8 (0.8)

37 (1.1)

670 (21.8)

 Rich

1090 (98.0)

3438 (96.3)

1333 (43.4)

Contraceptive use

 No

877 (78.9)

2541 (71.2)

2128 (69.3)

 Yes

235 (21.1)

1028 (28.8)

943 (30.7)

Source of water

 Not improved

548 (49.2)

1755 (49.2)

653 (21.2)

 Improved

564 (50.8)

1814 (50.8)

2418 (78.7)

Cigarette smoking

 No

1110 (99.8)

3562 (99.8)

3057 (99.5)

 Yes

2 (0.2)

6 (0.2)

14 (0.5)

Alcohol use

 No

422 (92.8)

1780 (49.9)

1714 (55.8)

 Yes

33 (7.2)

1789 (50.1)

1357 (44.2)