Table 1 The descriptive characteristics of the study participants extracted from EDHS-2016 for reproductive women (15-49 years)
Variables | Weighted frequency (%) |
|---|---|
Highest educational level | |
 No education | 3717.96 (68.12) |
 Primary education | 1370.29 (25.10) |
 Secondary education | 220.00 (4.03) |
 Higher education | 150.04 (2.75) |
Heard FP on the radio | |
 No | 4380.84 (81.66) |
 Yes | 983.67 (18.34) |
Heard FP on TV | |
 No | 4769.61 (88.91) |
 Yes | 594.92 (11.09) |
Read FP on newspaper | |
 No | 5237.77 (97.64) |
 Yes | 126.76 (2.36) |
Visited by field workers | |
 No | 3962.44 (73.86) |
 Yes | 1402.10 (26.14) |
The visited Health facility | |
 No | 3022.46 (56.34) |
 Yes | 2342.10 (43.66) |
Ever had birth terminated | |
 No | 4744.78 (87.68) |
 Yes | 666.71 (12.32) |
Region | |
 Tigray | 365.50 (6.70) |
 Afar | 72.36 (1.33) |
 Amhara | 1064.77 (19.51) |
 Oromia | 2389.00 (43.78)) |
 Somali | 261.20 (4.78) |
 Benishangul | 69.70 (1.28) |
 SNNPR | 1041.80 (19.09) |
 Gambela | 16.70 (0.31) |
 Harari | 13.90 (0.26) |
 Addis Ababa | 132.30 (2.42) |
 Dire Dawa | 30.20 (0.55) |
Types of residence | |
 Urban | 643.15 (11.78) |
 Rural | 4815.10 (88.22) |
Religion | |
 Orthodox | 1916.24 (35.41) |
 protestant | 1114.60 (20.60) |
 Muslim | 2297.38 (42.45) |
 Others | 83.26 (1.54) |
currently working | |
 No | 3879.54 (72.32) |
 Yes | 1484.00 (27.68) |
Wealth status | |
 Poor | 2468.02 (45.61) |
 Middle | 1077.75 (19.92) |
 Rich | 1865.72 (34.48) |
Contraceptive intention | |
 no | 2998.45 (55.89) |
 yes | 2366.08 (44.11) |
Media exposure | |
 No | 3556.40 (66.29) |
 Yes | 1808.20 (33.71) |
Husband education | |
 No education | 2768.40 (51.61) |
 Primary education | 1905.26 (35.52) |
 Secondary education | 412.70 (7.69) |
 Higher education | 278.10 (5.18) |
Age | |
 15–19 | 312.90 (5.73) |
 20–24 | 762.10 (13.96) |
 25–29 | 1090.30 (19.98) |
 30–34 | 1063.50 (19.49) |
 35–39 | 927.76 (17.00) |
 40–44 | 665.82 (12.20) |
 45–49 | 635.80 (11.65) |