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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of sexual active rural women in Ethiopia

From: Predictors of modern contraceptive usage among sexually active rural women in Ethiopia: A multi-level analysis

Variables

Categories

Frequency

Percentage

Contraceptive use

No

7474

79.1

Yes

1976

20.9

Ever had a terminated pregnancy

No

8738

92.5

Yes

712

7.5

Women occupation

Housewife

6693

70.8

Government employed /farmer/private business

2757

29.2

Religion

Orthodox

3203

33.9

Muslim

4087

43.2

Others

2160

22.9

Age of women

10-19

2160

22.9

20-29

3166

33.5

30-39

2555

27.0

40-49

1569

16.6

Education level of women

No education

5535

58.6

Primary

3067

32.5

Secondary and plus

848

9.0

Marital status

Never married

2106

22.3

Married

6378

67.5

Others

966

10.2

Number of living child

None

2729

28.9

1-4

4051

42.9

5 and plus

2670

28.3

Husband occupation

No

3798

40.2

Yes

5652

59.8

Age of at first birth

< 17 year

2926

31.0

> 17 year

6524

69.0

Wealth index

Poor

5200

55.0

Middle

1798

19.0

Riche

2452

25.9

Education of husband

No education

6612

70.0

Primary

2119

22.4

Secondary and plus

719

7.6

Births in last three years

No birth

5480

58.0

One birth

3381

35.8

Two and plus

589

6.2

Access to mass media

No

7975

84.4

Yes

1475

15.6

Tigray

1195

12.6

Afar

816

8.6

Region

Amhara

1381

14.6

Oromia

1498

15.9

Somali

914

9.7

Benishangul-Gumuz

902

9.5

SNNPR

1495

15.8

Gambela

643

6.8

Harari

339

3.6

Dire dawa

267

2.8