Table 3 Factors associated with the number of CEB in Ethiopia

Age at first child birth

0.958

0.002

-22.08

0.000

0.954

0.961*

Types of place of residence

Urban

1

Rural

0.963

0.027

-1.39

0.164

0.912

1.016

Religion

Orthodox

1

1

Catholic

1.055

0.100

0.57

0.569

0.876

1.271

Protestant

1.128

0.032

4.28

0.000

1.068

1.193*

Muslim

1.096

0.028

3.64

0.000

1.043

1.151*

Traditional

1.065

0.084

0.79

0.429

0.912

1.243

Other

1.353

0.019

2.22

0.027

1.036

1.766*

Highest educational level

No education

1

Primary

0.664

0.013

-21.79

0.000

0.640

0.689*

Secondary

0.541

0.020

-16.85

0.000

0.504

0.582*

Higher

0.527

0.026

-13.11

0.000

0.479

0.580*

Sex of household head

Male

1

Female

0.976

0.022

-1.11

0.265

0.934

1.019

Wealth Index

Poorest

1

Poorer

0.981

0.024

-0.78

0.437

0.936

1.030

Middle

0.995

0.0252

-0.21

0.834

0.947

1.045

Richer

0.989

0.026

-0.44

0.659

0.940

1.040

Richest

0.899

0.031

-3.06

0.002

0.840

0.962*

KnowledgeContraceptive

Knows no method

1

Knows traditional methods

0.872

0.175

-0.68

0.495

0.588

1.292

knows modern methods

1.006

0.003

0.21

0.837

0.947

1.069

ContraceptiveUse

No method

1

1

Traditional Methods

1.069

0.093

0.76

0.447

0.901

1.266

Modern Methods

0.877

0.016

-7.43

0.000

0.847

0.908*

Region

Tigray

1

Afar

0.785

0.036

-5.30

0.000

0.718

0.859*

Amhara

0.890

0.032

-3.23

0.001

0.830

0.955*

Oromia

1.017

0.039

0.44

0.660

0.943

1.097

Somali

1.043

0.048

0.91

0.362

0.953

1.141

Benishangul

0.950

0.0374

-1.31

0.192

0.880

1.027

SNNPR

1.006

0.040

0.13

0.899

0.930

1.087

Gambela

0.894

0.040

-2.57

0.010

0.820

0.974*

Harari

0.934

0.042

-1.50

0.134

0.856

1.021

Addis Adaba

0.845

0.046

-3.13

0.002

0.760

0.939*

Dire Dawa

0.957

0.044

-0.96

0.336

0.875

1.047

_cons

11.463

0.727

38.44

0.000

10.122

12.981

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-3.462

0.170

-3.796

-3.129

alpha

0.031

0.005

0.023

0.044