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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents, EDHS 2016 (weighted sample, n = 12033)

From: Geographical variations of early age sexual initiation among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia: evidence from EDHS 2016

Variables

Residence

Total

Urban n (%)

Rural n (%)

Current age in years

 15–24

496 (17.4)

2366 (82.6)

2865 (23.8)

 25–34

1067 (21.4)

3911 (78.6)

4978 (41.4)

  ≥ 35

766 (18.3)

3424 (81.7)

4190 (34.8)

Mean ± SD (30.74 ± 8.39

Highest educational level

 No education

519 (7.3)

6576 (92.7)

7095 (59.0)

 Primary

772 (22.1)

2727 (77.9)

3499 (29.1)

 Secondary

552 (63.7)

315 (36.3)

867 (7.2)

 Higher

489 (85.3)

84 (14.7)

573 (4.7)

Region

 Tigray

198 (22.6)

677 (77.4)

875 (7.3)

 Afar

28 (25.7)

81 (74.3)

109 (0.9)

 Amhara

519 (17.4)

2459 (82.6)

2978 (24.8)

 Oromia

575 (12.7)

3946 (87.3)

4521 (37.6)

 Somali

61 (17)

297 (83.0)

358 (3.0)

 Benshagul gumuz

19 (14.8)

109 (85.2)

128 (1.1)

 SNNPR

282 (12.0)

2074 (88.0)

2356 (19.6)

 Gambela

17 (45.9)

20 (54.1)

37 (0.33)

 Hararai

16 (53.3)

14 (46.7)

30 (0.2)

 Addis Ababa

572 (100)

0

572 (4.8)

 Dire Dawa

45 (67.2)

22 (32.8)

672 (0.6)

Religion

 Orthodox Christian

1416 (27)

3819 (73)

5235 (43.5)

 Muslim

462 (11.7)

3483 (88.3)

3945 (32.8)

 Protestant

431 (16.7)

2149 (83.3)

2580 (21.4)

 Others

24 (8.7)

251 (91.3)

275 (2.3)

Wealth Index

 Poorest

64 (2.8)

2190 (97.2)

2254 (18.7)

 Poorer

22 (1.0)

2291 (99.0)

2313 (19.2)

 Middle

35 (1.5)

2318 (98.5)

2353 (19.6)

 Richer

87 (3.8)

2210 (96.2)

2297 (19.1)

 Richest

2133 (75.4)

693 (24.6)

2816 (23.4)

Respondent Occupation

 Not working

765 (13.2)

5049 (86.8)

5814 (48.3)

 Working

1567 (25.2)

4652 (74.8)

6219 (51.7)

Marital status

 Single

233 (58.1)

168 (41.9)

401 (3.3)

 Married

1655 (16.2)

8562 (83.8)

10,217 (84.9)

 Widowed

123 (28.7)

306 (71.3)

429 (3.6)

 Divorced

1250 (33.1)

506 (66.9)

756 (6.3)

 Separated

71 (30.7)

160 (69.3)

231 (1.9)