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Table 2 Description of cluster background characterstics among reproductive age women in Ethiopia, Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey 2016 (n = 642)

From: Individual and community level associates of contraceptive use in Ethiopia: a multilevel mixed effects analysis

Community level variables

Categories

Frequency

(%)

Region

 

Tigray

722

10.5

Afar

589

8.6

Amhara

839

12.2

Oromia

933

13.6

Somali

618

9.0

Benishangul

569

8.3

SNNPR

817

11.9

Gambela

439

7.1

Harari

380

5.5

Dire dawa

406

5.9

Addis Ababa

492

7.2

Type of place of residence

 

Urban

201

31.3

Rural

441

68.7

Muslim Religion at the community level

 

low

382

59.5

high

260

40.5

Wealth

 

Low

269

41.9

High

373

58.1

Employment status of women at the community level

 

low

317

49.4

high

325

50.6

Heard family planning on media at community level

 

low

363

56.5

high

279

43.5

Media exposure at community level

 

low

253

39.4

high

389

60.6

Husbands desire for more children

 

Low

283

44.1

High

359

55.9

Terminated pregnancy

 

low

369

57.5

high

273

42.5

Visit health institution

 

Low

257

40.0

High

385

60.0

Visited by field worker at the community level

 

low

361

56.2

high

281

43.8

Coverd by health insurance

 

Low

525

81.8

High

117

18.2