Spatial distribution and multilevel analysis of the ideal number of children among Ethiopian women

BMC Women's Health

Table 3 Summary Statistics of Predictor Variables related to INC in Ethiopia, (EDHS-2016)

Variables	Category	frequency	Percent
Region	Tigray	967	6.9
	Afar	102	0.7
	Amhara	3278	23.4
	Oromia	5055	36.1
	Somali	347	2.5
	Benishangul	145	1.0
	SNNPR	3040	21.7
	Gambela	41	0.3
	Harari	35	0.2
	Addis Adaba	910	6.5
	Dire Dawa	82	0.6
Woman’s age	15–19	3187	22.8
	20–24	2589	18.5
	25–29	2654	19.0
	30–34	2023	14.4
	35–39	1667	11.9
	40–44	1062	7.6
	45–49	820	5.9
Place of residence	Urban	3277	23.4
Place of residence	Rural	10,726	76.6
Sex of household head	Male	10,676	76.2
Sex of household head	Female	3326	23.8
Wealth index	Poorest	2183	15.6
	Poorer	2462	17.6
	Middle	2671	19.1
	Richer	2777	19.8
	Richest	3910	27.9
women’s working	No	9290	66.3
women’s working	Yes	4713	33.7
Women’s educational level	No education	6303	45.0
	Primary	5093	36.4
	Secondary	1746	12.5
	Higher	860	6.1
Current marital status	Single	3843	27.4
	Married	8716	62.2
	Separated	1443	10.3
Religion	Orthodox	6098	43.5
	Catholic	106	0.8
	Protestant	3422	24.4
	Muslim	4204	30.0
	Traditional	96	0.7
	Other	77	0.5
Current contraceptive using	Not using	10,391	74.2
Current contraceptive using	Using	3612	25.8
Women have living children	Yes	4904	35.0
Women have living children	No	9099	65.0
Husband’s education level	No education	3924	28.0
	Primary	3338	23.8
	Secondary	902	6.4
	Higher	677	4.8
	Don’t know	58	0.4
Husband’s working	No	655	4.7
	Yes	8149	58.2
	Don’t know	94	0.7
Continuous predictors		Mean	St.dev
Family size	Count	5.51	2.408
Age at marring in year	Continuous	17.11	3.933
Age at first birth in the year	Continuous	18.83	3.630

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