Table 1 Socio- economic characteristics of women who gave birth in the last 2 years in Ethiopia, 2016
Variables | Weighted frequency (%) |
|---|---|
Region | |
 Tigray | 487 (7.7) |
 Afar | 64 (1.0) |
 Amhara | 1149 (18.1) |
 Oromia | 2825 (44.4) |
 Somalia | 234 (3.7) |
 Benishangul-Gumuz | 65 (1.0) |
 SNNPRs | 1431 (22.5) |
 Gambella | 14 (0.2) |
 Harari | 11 (0.2) |
 Addis Ababa | 64 (1.0) |
 Dire Dawa | 20 (0.3) |
Residence | |
 Rural | 6033 (94.8) |
 Urban | 331 (5.2) |
Maternal age | |
 15–24 | 1585 (24.9) |
 25–34 | 3163 (49.7) |
  ≥ 35 | 1616 (25.4) |
Religion | |
 Orthodox | 2196 (34.5) |
 Muslim | 2492 (39.2) |
 Protestant | 1461 (23.0) |
 Others | 215 (3.4) |
Maternal education | |
 No | 4267 (67.1) |
 Primary | 1801 (28.3) |
 Secondary and/or higher | 296 (4.6) |
Husband education | |
 No | 2967 (46.6) |
 Primary | 2393 (37.6) |
 Secondary and/or higher | 1004 (15.8) |
Wealth status | |
 Poorest | 1543 (24.3) |
 Poorer | 1548 (24.3) |
 Middle | 1441 (22.6) |
 Richer | 1216 (19.1) |
 Richest | 616 (9.7) |
Media exposure | |
 No | 4453 (70) |
 Yes | 1911 (30) |
Sex of household head | |
 Male | 5488 (86.2) |
 Female | 876 (13.8) |