Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of pregnant women in Ethiopia, 2016
Variables | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Maternal age at first birth | ||
15–19 | 4298 | 61.03 |
> 20–34 | 2745 | 38.97 |
Maternal education | ||
No formal education | 4277 | 60.73 |
Primary education | 1899 | 26.96 |
Secondary education | 565 | 8.02 |
Higher education | 302 | 4.29 |
Maternal occupation | ||
Working | 2108 | 29.93 |
Not working | 4935 | 70.07 |
Wealth status | ||
Poor | 3549 | 50.39 |
Middle | 1007 | 14.30 |
Rich | 2487 | 35.31 |
Health insurance coverage | ||
Yes | 244 | 3.46 |
No | 6799 | 96.54 |
Distance from the health facility | ||
Big problem | 3721 | 52.83 |
Not big problem | 3322 | 47.17 |
Media exposure | ||
Yes | 2481 | 35.23 |
No | 4562 | 64.77 |
Place of delivery | ||
Home | 4421 | 62.77 |
Health facility | 2622 | 37.23 |
Wanted pregnancy | ||
Then | 5633 | 79.98 |
Later | 964 | 13.69 |
No more | 446 | 6.33 |
Husband education | ||
No | 3129 | 44.43 |
Primary | 2108 | 29.93 |
Secondary | 733 | 10.41 |
Higher | 1073 | 15.23 |
Health care decision | ||
Self | 5248 | 80.40 |
husband | 1279 | 19.60 |
ANC visit | ||
No visit | 2471 | 35.08 |
One-three | 2058 | 29.22 |
Four and above | 2514 | 35.70 |
Iron supplementation | ||
No | 3858 | 54.78 |
Yes | 3185 | 45.22 |
Parity | ||
Primiparous | 1442 | 20.47 |
Multiparous | 3769 | 53.51 |
Grand multiparous | 1832 | 26.01 |
Community poverty level | ||
Low | 3592 | 51.00 |
High | 3451 | 49.00 |
Community illiteracy level | ||
Low | 3671 | 52.12 |
High | 3372 | 47.88 |
Community ANC utilization | ||
Low | 3556 | 50.49 |
High | 3487 | 49.51 |
Place of residence | ||
Urban | 1462 | 20.76 |
Rural | 5581 | 79.24 |
Community media exposure | ||
Low | 3546 | 50.35 |
High | 3497 | 49.65 |