Table 2 Trend in modern contraceptive use among married reproductive age women by selected Characteristics, 2000, 2005, 2011 and 2016 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey
Characteristics | Categories | EDHS 2000 | EDHS 2005 | EDHS 2011 | EDHS 2016 | Phase 1 | Phase 2 | Phase 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 8276 | N = 7790 | N = 8486 | N = 8926 | |||||
Age | 15–19 | 4 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 0.5 | 1.3 | -0.7 |
20–24 | 14.6 | 18.9 | 20 | 17.9 | 4.3 | 1.1 | -2.1 | |
25–29 | 26.3 | 26.4 | 25.8 | 26.8 | 0.1 | -0.6 | 1 | |
30–34 | 20.4 | 17.1 | 19.8 | 21 | -3.3 | 2.7 | 1.2 | |
Number of living children Family size | 2 | 16.3 | 17.6 | 21.4 | 18.2 | 1.3 | 3.8 | -3.2 |
3 | 20.1 | 16.6 | 16 | 15.8 | -3.5 | -0.6 | -0.2 | |
4+ | 45.8 | 47.1 | 39 | 40.8 | 1.3 | -8.1 | 1.8 | |
Family size concordance | Both wants | 53.6 | 45.7 | 54.2 | 45.9 | -7.9 | 8.5 | -8.3 |
Husband wants more | 25 | 15.6 | 19.6 | 22.2 | -9.4 | 4 | 2.6 | |
Husband wants Fewer | 7.8 | 7.2 | 10 | 7.6 | -0.6 | 2.8 | -2.4 | |
Don’t know | 13.6 | 31.5 | 16.2 | 24.3 | 17.9 | -15.3 | 8.1 | |
Desire for Wants children | within 2 year | 9.5 | 6.4 | 11.3 | 11.5 | -3.1 | 4.9 | 0.2 |
Wants after 2+ | 30.1 | 36.9 | 40.7 | 42.2 | 6.8 | 3.8 | 1.5 | |
Wants, unsure Timing | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2 | -0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
Undecided | 1.2 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 3.9 | -0.7 | 2 | 1.4 | |
Wants no more | 0 | 55 | 44.1 | 40.4 | -2.8 | 10.9 | -3.7 | |
Family Planning (FP) program exposure | ||||||||
Do you know about modern contraceptive | Yes | 7.5 | 15.5 | 32.3 | 44.7 | 8 | 16.8 | 12.4 |
No | 92.5 | 84.5 | 67.7 | 55.3 | -8 | 16.8 | -12.4 | |
Heard about FP on radio | Yes | 43.4 | 47.1 | 41.6 | 27.3 | 3.7 | 5.5 | -14.3 |
No | 56.6 | 52.9 | 58.4 | 72.7 | -3.9 | 5.5 | 14.3 | |
Heard about FP on TV | Yes | 12.4 | 19.5 | 26.6 | 17.4 | 7.1 | 7.1 | -8.9 |
No | 87.6 | 80.5 | 75.4 | 82.6 | -7.1 | -5.1 | 7.2 | |
Read about FP on newspaper and magazine | Yes | 7.8 | 12.3 | 8.1 | 4.3 | 4.5 | -4.2 | -0.2 |
No | 92.2 | 87.7 | 91.9 | 95.7 | -4.5 | 4.2 | 3.8 | |
Educational Status | No Education | 49.2 | 55.8 | 53.5 | 54.3 | -6.6 0 | 2.3 0 | -0.8 0 |
Secondary | 22.7 | 17.1 | 6.9 | 8.9 | 5.6 | 10.2 | -2 | |
Higher | 4.1 | 2.9 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 1.2 | -3.4 | 0.7 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 61.2 | 61.3 | 54.7 | 50.5 | -0.1 | 6.6 | 4.2 |
Muslim | 24.6 | 20.2 | 23 | 21.2 | 4.4 | -2.8 | 1.8 | |
Protestant | 12 | 16.4 | 20.9 | 26.8 | -4.4 | -4.5 | -5.9 | |
Catholic | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.1 | |
Other | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0 | |
Region | Tigray | 8.8 | 7 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 1.8 | 2.2 | -1.6 |
Afar | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
Amhara | 2.8 | 28.9 | 34.5 | 31.5 | -26.1 | -5.6 | 3 | |
Oromia | 2.6 | 34.3 | 36.1 | 31.1 | -31.7 | -1.8 | 5 | |
Somali | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | -0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | |
Benishangul | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.7 | -0.4 | 0.3 | |
SNNPR | 17.7 | 18.3 | 15.2 | 24.2 | -0.6 | 3.1 | -9 | |
Gambela | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.1 | |
Harari | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
Addis Ababa | 12.9 | 7.6 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 1.1 | 1.9 | |
Dire Dawa | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | -0.1 | |
Residence | Urban | 53.7 | 30.9 | 32.1 | 22.2 | 22.8 | -1.2 | 9.9 |
Rural | 46.3 | 69.1 | 67.9 | 77.8 | -22.8 | 1.2 | -9.9 | |