Table 1 Socio-demographic, Socioeconomic, and Other Characteristics of Currently Married Ethiopian Women, 2019
Variable | Categories | Total % | Number of Children ever born | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9–15 | |||
Age | 15–19 | 449 (7.8) | n | 264 | 154 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
% | 58.9 | 34.4 | 6.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
20–24 | 929(16.2) | n | 177 | 388 | 234 | 85 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
% | 19.1 | 41.8 | 25.2 | 9.1 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
25–29 | 1364 (23.8) | n | 90 | 218 | 389 | 253 | 182 | 111 | 73 | 42 | 4 | 2 | |
% | 6.6 | 16.0 | 28.5 | 18.5 | 13.3 | 8.1 | 5.4 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |||
30–34 | 1016(17.7) | n | 20 | 42 | 139 | 181 | 177 | 169 | 131 | 101 | 27 | 29 | |
% | 2.0 | 4.1 | 13.7 | 17.8 | 17.4 | 16.6 | 12.9 | 9.9 | 2.7 | 2.9 | |||
35–39 | 901(15.7) | n | 18 | 24 | 60 | 96 | 153 | 132 | 158 | 98 | 63 | 98 | |
% | 2.0 | 2.7 | 6.7 | 10.7 | 17.0 | 14.7 | 17.6 | 10.9 | 7.0 | 10.9 | |||
40–44 | 634(11.0) | n | 10 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 72 | 84 | 84 | 106 | 88 | 140 | |
% | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 11.4 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 16.7 | 13.9 | 22.1 | |||
45–49 | 449(7.8) | n | 9 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 46 | 51 | 89 | 54 | 133 | |
% | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 10.3 | 11.4 | 19.9 | 12.1 | 29.6 | |||
Age at first child birth | 10–14 | 1064 | n | 20 | 84 | 103 | 132 | 173 | 114 | 151 | 98 | 191 | |
% | 1.9 | 7.9 | 9.7 | 12.4 | 16.2 | 10.7 | 14.2 | 9.2 | 17.9 | ||||
15–19 | 2450 | n | 367 | 403 | 356 | 327 | 248 | 266 | 210 | 103 | 171 | ||
% | 15.0 | 16.4 | 14.5 | 13.3 | 10.1 | 10.9 | 8.6 | 4.2 | 7.0 | ||||
20–24 | 1305 | n | 357 | 299 | 161 | 145 | 108 | 96 | 73 | 33 | 32 | ||
% | 27.4 | 22.9 | 12.3 | 11.1 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 5.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||||
25–29 | 272 | n | 81 | 68 | 35 | 32 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
% | 29.9 | 25.1 | 12.9 | 11.8 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 3.0 | ||||
>=30 | 63 | n | 22 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
% | 33.8 | 26.2 | 18.5 | 13.8 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
Type of Place of Residence | Urban | 1569(27.3) | n | 221 | 309 | 309 | 224 | 132 | 103 | 70 | 84 | 38 | 79 |
% | 14.1 | 19.7 | 19.7 | 14.3 | 8.4 | 6.6 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 2.4 | 5.0 | |||
Rural | 4174(72.7) | n | 367 | 538 | 561 | 443 | 513 | 451 | 427 | 352 | 199 | 323 | |
% | 8.8 | 12.9 | 13.4 | 10.6 | 12.3 | 10.8 | 10.2 | 8.4 | 4.8 | 7.7 | |||
Religion | Orthodox | 2202(38.4) | n | 279 | 367 | 400 | 241 | 281 | 200 | 161 | 133 | 71 | 70 |
% | 12.7 | 16.7 | 18.1 | 10.9 | 12.7 | 9.1 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 | |||
Catholic | 30(0.5) | n | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
% | 13.3 | 10.0 | 13.3 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 0.0 | |||
Protestant | 1601(27.9) | n | 116 | 245 | 214 | 201 | 140 | 191 | 143 | 137 | 86 | 127 | |
% | 7.3 | 15.3 | 13.4 | 12.6 | 8.8 | 11.9 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 5.4 | 7.9 | |||
Muslim | 1836(32.0) | n | 180 | 229 | 240 | 217 | 215 | 148 | 187 | 155 | 71 | 193 | |
% | 9.8 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 8.1 | 10.2 | 8.5 | 3.9 | 10.5 | |||
Traditional | 62(1.1) | n | 6 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | |
% | 9.8 | 0.0 | 18.0 | 6.6 | 8.2 | 16.4 | 1.6 | 13.1 | 11.5 | 14.8 | |||
Other | 11(0.2) | n | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
% | 33.3 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 22.2 | |||
Educational Level | No education | 2979(51.9) | n | 118 | 193 | 293 | 332 | 411 | 370 | 392 | 348 | 195 | 327 |
% | 4.0 | 6.5 | 9.8 | 11.1 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 13.2 | 11.7 | 6.5 | 11.0 | |||
Primary | 2078(36.2) | n | 339 | 402 | 419 | 252 | 202 | 164 | 100 | 83 | 42 | 74 | |
% | 16.3 | 19.4 | 20.2 | 12.1 | 9.7 | 7.9 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 3.6 | |||
Secondary | 453(7.9) | n | 84 | 155 | 100 | 58 | 27 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
% | 18.5 | 34.2 | 22.1 | 12.8 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.2 | |||
Higher | 233(4.0) | n | 47 | 96 | 58 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
% | 20.2 | 41.2 | 24.9 | 10.7 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
Sex of Household Head | Male | 5153(89.7) | n | 507 | 718 | 792 | 601 | 589 | 500 | 464 | 399 | 221 | 362 |
% | 9.8 | 13.9 | 15.4 | 11.7 | 11.4 | 9.7 | 9.0 | 7.7 | 4.3 | 7.0 | |||
Female | 590(10.3) | n | 81 | 128 | 79 | 65 | 56 | 54 | 33 | 38 | 16 | 40 | |
% | 13.7 | 21.7 | 13.4 | 11.0 | 9.5 | 9.1 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 2.7 | 6.8 | |||
Wealth Index | Poorest | 1056(18.4) | n | 76 | 99 | 142 | 115 | 141 | 87 | 136 | 99 | 61 | 99 |
% | 7.2 | 9.4 | 13.4 | 10.9 | 13.4 | 8.2 | 12.9 | 9.4 | 5.8 | 9.4 | |||
Poorer | 1122(19.5) | n | 92 | 135 | 158 | 105 | 139 | 146 | 124 | 99 | 39 | 85 | |
% | 8.2 | 12.0 | 14.1 | 9.4 | 12.4 | 13.0 | 11.1 | 8.8 | 3.5 | 7.6% | |||
Middle | 1137(19.8) | n | 103 | 145 | 149 | 136 | 130 | 144 | 95 | 101 | 59 | 74 | |
% | 9.1 | 12.8 | 13.1 | 12.0 | 11.4 | 12.7 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 5.2 | 6.5 | |||
Richer | 1203(20.9) | n | 125 | 179 | 182 | 132 | 106 | 113 | 106 | 97 | 51 | 112 | |
% | 10.4 | 14.9 | 15.1 | 11.0 | 8.8 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 4.2 | 9.3 | |||
Richest | 1225(21.3) | n | 192 | 288 | 239 | 179 | 129 | 65 | 36 | 39 | 26 | 31 | |
% | 15.7 | 23.5 | 19.5 | 14.6 | 10.5 | 5.3 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 2.5 | |||
Region | Tigray | 357(6.2) | n | 28 | 68 | 64 | 50 | 38 | 33 | 30 | 25 | 10 | 10 |
% | 7.9 | 19.1 | 18.0 | 14.0 | 10.7 | 9.3 | 8.4 | 7.0 | 2.8 | 2.8 | |||
Afar | 63(1.1) | n | 6 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |
% | 9.5 | 15.9 | 17.5 | 15.9 | 11.1 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 6.3 | 3.2 | 6.3 | |||
Amhara | 1301(22.7) | n | 160 | 214 | 222 | 139 | 174 | 126 | 97 | 82 | 43 | 46 | |
% | 12.3 | 16.4 | 17.0 | 10.7 | 13.4 | 9.7 | 7.4 | 6.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | |||
Oromia | 2240(39.0) | n | 207 | 311 | 322 | 209 | 265 | 221 | 203 | 189 | 106 | 206 | |
% | 9.2 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 9.3 | 11.8 | 9.9 | 9.1 | 8.4 | 4.7 | 9.2 | |||
Somali | 281(4.9) | n | 33 | 21 | 27 | 34 | 25 | 27 | 33 | 31 | 12 | 39 | |
% | 11.7 | 7.4 | 9.5 | 12.0 | 8.8 | 9.5 | 11.7 | 11.0 | 4.2 | 13.8 | |||
Benishangul | 66(1.2) | n | 5 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
% | 7.4 | 14.7 | 16.2 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 7.4 | 5.9 | 6.0 | |||
SNNPR | 1162(20.2) | n | 107 | 145 | 146 | 173 | 108 | 125 | 116 | 95 | 58 | 90 | |
% | 9.2 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 14.9 | 9.3 | 10.7 | 10.0 | 8.2 | 5.0 | 7.7 | |||
Gambela | 24(0.4) | n | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
% | 8.7 | 17.4 | 21.7 | 17.4 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 | |||
Harari | 16(0.3) | n | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
% | 12.5 | 18.8 | 18.8 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 5.9 | |||
Addis Adaba | 197(3.4) | n | 32 | 54 | 53 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
% | 16.2 | 27.4 | 26.9 | 17.3 | 6.6 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |||
Dire Dawa | 35(0.6) | n | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
% | 17.6 | 20.6 | 17.6 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 6.1 | |||
Knowledge of Contraceptive Method | Knows No Method | 220 (3.8) | n | 31 | 17 | 17 | 24 | 34 | 22 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 28 |
% | 14.2 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 11.0 | 15.5 | 10.0 | 7.3 | 9.6 | 4.1 | 12.8 | |||
Knows Traditional Method | 5(0.1) | n | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 80.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
Knows Modern Method | 5518(96.1) | n | 557 | 830 | 853 | 642 | 611 | 528 | 481 | 415 | 229 | 373 | |
% | 10.1 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 11.6 | 11.1 | 9.6 | 8.7 | 7.5 | 4.1 | 6.8 | |||
Contraceptive use | No Method | 3374 (58.7) | n | 440 | 388 | 381 | 364 | 370 | 310 | 315 | 303 | 195 | 307 |
% | 13.0 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.0 | 5.8 | 9.1 | |||
Traditional Methods | 50 (0.9) | n | 12 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
% | 24.0 | 6.0 | 26.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | |||
Modern Methods | 2320(40.4) | n | 136 | 455 | 476 | 300 | 275 | 238 | 179 | 133 | 42 | 85 | |
% | 5.9 | 19.6 | 20.5 | 12.9 | 11.9 | 10.3 | 7.7 | 5.7 | 1.8 | 3.7 | |||
Total | 5743(100) | n | 588 | 846 | 871 | 666 | 645 | 554 | 497 | 437 | 237 | 402 | |
% | 10.2 | 14.7 | 15.2 | 11.6 | 11.2 | 9.6 | 8.7 | 7.6 | 4.1 | 7.0 | |||