Table 1 Background characteristics of married non-pregnant women, Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey 2016 (n = 6854)
Individual Variables | Categories | Frequency | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Age in 5-year groups | 15–19 | 500 | 7.3 |
20–24 | 1343 | 19.6 | |
25–29 | 1668 | 24.3 | |
30–34 | 1357 | 19.8 | |
35–39 | 1120 | 16.3 | |
40–44 | 607 | 8.9 | |
45–49 | 259 | 3.8 | |
Highest educational level | |||
| Â | No education | 3891 | 56.8 |
Primary | 1922 | 28.0 | |
Secondary | 644 | 9.4 | |
Higher | 397 | 5.8 | |
Religion | |||
| Â | Christians | 3840 | 56.0 |
Muslin | 2927 | 42.7 | |
Other | 87 | 1.3 | |
Number of children 5 and under in household | |||
| Â | None | 1446 | 21.1 |
1–2 | 4696 | 68.5 | |
> = 3 | 712 | 10.4 | |
Number of living children categories | |||
| Â | None | 665 | 9.7 |
1–4 | 4154 | 60.6 | |
5–8 | 1879 | 27.4 | |
> = 9 | 156 | 2.3 | |
Births in last 3 years category | |||
| Â | None | 2539 | 37.0 |
one birth | 3669 | 53.5 | |
more than two births | 646 | 9.4 | |
Wealth index combined | |||
| Â | Poor | 3077 | 44.9 |
Middle | 971 | 14.2 | |
Rich | 2806 | 40.9 | |
Respondent currently working | |||
| Â | No | 4674 | 68.2 |
Yes | 2180 | 31.8 | |
Exposure to mass media | |||
| Â | No | 4045 | 59.0 |
Yes | 2809 | 41.0 | |
History of terminated pregnancy | |||
| Â | No | 6165 | 89.9 |
Yes | 689 | 10.1 | |
Heard family planning through media | |||
| Â | No | 4764 | 69.5 |
Yes | 2090 | 30.5 | |
Visited by fieldworker in last 12 months | |||
| Â | No | 4837 | 70.6 |
Yes | 2017 | 29.4 | |
Did fieldworker talk about family planning | |||
| Â | No | 787 | 36.5 |
Yes | 1230 | 63.5 | |
Visited health facility in the last 12 months | |||
| Â | No | 3322 | 48.5 |
Yes | 3532 | 51.5 | |
At health facility, told of family planning | |||
| Â | No | 2156 | 61.0 |
Yes | 1376 | 39.0 | |
History of smoking Cigarette | |||
| Â | No | 6786 | 99.0 |
Yes | 68 | 1.0 | |
Covered by health insurance | |||
| Â | No | 6572 | 95.9 |
Yes | 282 | 4.1 | |
Husband’s desire for children | |||
| Â | Both want same | 2781 | 40.6 |
Husband wants more | 1775 | 25.9 | |
Husband wants fewer | 465 | 6.8 | |
Don’t know | 1820 | 26.6 | |
Husband/partner’s education level | |||
| Â | No education | 3045 | 44.4 |
Primary | 2213 | 32.3 | |
Secondary | 868 | 12.7 | |
Higher | 728 | 10.6 | |
Husband/partner’s occupation (grouped) | |||
| Â | Did not work | 681 | 9.9 |
Clerical/sales/services/skilled labor | 1572 | 22.9 | |
Professional/technical/managerial | 4601 | 67.1 | |
Person who usually decides on respondent’s health care | |||
| Â | Respondent alone | 1242 | 18.1 |
Respondent and husband/partner | 4343 | 63.4 | |
Husband/partner alone | 1234 | 18.0 | |
Someone else | 27 | 0.4 | |
Other | 8 | 0.1 | |
Current use of contraceptive methods | |||
| Â | No | 4461 | 65.1 |
Yes | 2393 | 34.9 | |