Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of women aged 14–49 year in Ethiopia, EMDHS 2019
Variables | Unweighted frequency (%) | Weighted frequency (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age in 5 yrs group | ||
 15–19 | 295 (5.17) | 263.25 (4.80) |
 20–24 | 1131 (19.82) | 1017.74 (18.54) |
 25–29 | 1847 (32.37) | 1747.6 (31.84) |
 30–34 | 1227 (21.50) | 1185.75 (21.61) |
 35–39 | 757 (13.27) | 797.16 (14.56) |
 40–44 | 112 (1.96) | 368.35 (6.69) |
 45–49 |  | 107.38 (1.96) |
Region | ||
 Tigray | 453 (7.94) | 370.60 (6.75) |
 Afar | 650 (11.39) | 85.56 (1.56) |
 Amhara | 503 (8.82) | 1032 (18.82) |
 Oromia | 717 (12.57) | 2204.46 (40.17)) |
 Somali | 636 (11.15) | 408.10 (7.44) |
 Benishangul | 526 (9.22) | 66.89 (1.22) |
 SNNPR | 651 (11.41) | 1105.91 (19.94) |
 Gambela | 436 (7.64) | 23.85 (0.43) |
 Harari | 445 (7.80) | 16.28 (0.30) |
 Addis Ababa | 290 (5.08) | 155.73 (2.84) |
 Dire Dawa | 399 (6.99) | 29.56 (0.54) |
Highest educational level | ||
 No education | 3125 (54.77) | 2938.85 (53.55) |
 Primary | 1810 (31.72) | 1946.96 (35.47) |
 Secondary & Higher | 473 (8.29) | 408.61 (7.45) |
 Above higher | 298 (5.22) | 193.88 (3.53) |
Religion | ||
 Orthodox | 1601 (28.06) | 1840.91 (33.54) |
 Protestant | 1048 (18.37) | 1452.63 (26.47) |
 Muslim | 2963 (51.93) | 2098.60 (38.24) |
 Others | 94 (1.65) | 96.15 (1.75) |
Marital status | ||
 Single | 30 (0.53) | 22.44 (0.41) |
 Married | 5438 (95.30) | 5254.60 (95.74) |
 Divorced | 59 (1.03) | 65.58 (1.20) |
 Divorced | 179 (3.14) | 145.67 (2.65) |
ANC visits | ||
 No visit | 2820 (49.42) | 2604.44 (47.45) |
 1–2 visit | 482 (8.45) | 418.20 (7.62) |
 3 visit | 756 (13.25) | 790.43 (14.40) |
  ≥ 4 visits | 1648 (28.88) | 11,675.23 (30.52) |
Place of residence | ||
 urban | 1320 (23.13) | 1361.00 (24.80) |
 rural | 4386 (76.87) | 4127.31 (75.20) |
Place of delivery | ||
 Home | 2859 (50.1) | 2821.85 (51.42) |
 Health facility | 2847 (49.89) | 2666.45 (48.58) |
Timing of ANC visit | ||
  < 3mths | 108 (3.72) | 85.22 (2.95) |
 3-6mths | 2241 (77.28) | 2302.83 (79.67) |
 7mths | 3397 (59.53) | 502.36 (17.38) |
Literacy | ||
 Can’t read at all sentence Read and write sentence | 3632 (63.65) 568 (9.95) | 3531.04 (64.34) 661.36 (12.05) |
 Read whole sentence | 1116 (19.56) | 1143.20 (20.83) |
 No card with required language. | 390 (6.83) | 152.71 (2.78) |
Wealth status | ||
 Poor | 2932 (51.38) | 2489.70 (45.53) |
 Middle | 796 (13.95) | 1037.39 (18.90) |
 Rich | 1978 (34.67) | 1952.21 (35.57) |
Birth order | ||
 First | 1254 (21.98) | 1196.83 (21.81) |
 2nd | 1055 (18.48) | 985.10 (17.95) |
  > 3 | 3397 (59.53) | 3306.38 (60.24) |
Sex of the household head | ||
 Male | 4560 (79.92) | 4738.41 (86.34) |
 Female | 1146 (20.08) | 749.89 (13.66) |