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Table 1 Socio-economic, demographic, maternal, and obstetric characteristic of sexual active women in Ethiopia, 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey

From: Factors associated with non-use of modern contraceptives among sexually active women in Ethiopia: a multi-level mixed effect analysis of 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey

Variables

Categories

Modern contraceptive, %

Total (N = 15,683, %)

Currently use any modern method (N = 3217, 20.51%)

Currently not-use any modern method (N = 12,466, 79.49%)

Region

Tigray

12.25

10.33

1682, 10.72

Afar

2.52

8.40

1128, 7.19

Amhara

18.28

9.07

1719, 10.96

Oromia

12.34

11.99

1892, 12.06

Somalia

0.50

11.03

1391, 8.87

Benishangul

7.65

7.06

1126, 7.18

SNNPR

15.36

10.87

1849, 11.79

Gambela

6.87

6.53

1035, 6.6

Harari

5.63

5.82

906, 5.78

Addis Abeba

12.43

11.42

1824, 11.63

Dire Dawa

6.19

7.48

1131, 7.21

Residence

Urban

39.26

32.77

5348, 34.10

Rural

60.74

67.23

10,335, 65.90

Women age (years)

15–24

27.85

44.16

6401, 40.81

25–34

45.48

29.06

5086, 32.43

35–49

26.67

26.78

4196, 26.76

Partner age(years)

15–24

2.74

3.49

523, 3.33

25–34

20.39

20.70

3237, 20.64

35–59

76.87

75.81

11,923, 76.02

Marital status

Never married

29.59

26.68

4278, 27.28

Married

70.49

73.32

11,405, 72.27

Women education

No education

41.37

45.74

7033, 44.84

Primary

35.87

32.56

5213, 33.24

Secondary and above

22.75

21.70

3437, 21.92

Partner education

No education

25.09

29.07

4431, 28.25

Primary

18.00

19.85

3054, 19.47

Secondary and above

56.92

51.07

8198, 52.27

Women occupation

Had work

49.33

48.54

7638,48.70

Had no work

50.67

51.46

8045, 51.30

Partner occupation

Had work

93.57

93.57

14,675, 93.57

Had no work

6.43

6.43

1008, 6.43

Wealth index

Poor

30.99

45.89

6718, 42.84

Middle

23.97

16.66

2848, 18.16

Rich

45.04

37.45

6117, 39

Religion

Christians

42.28

41.26

6504, 41.47

Muslim

20.89

17.18

2814, 17.94

Other

36.84

41.55

6365, 40.59

Births in last five years

No birth

34.35

59.24

8490, 54.17

1–2

64.13

37.23

6704, 42.75

3 and more

1.52

3.53

489, 3.12

Health facility delivery

No

25.24

28.74

4395, 28.02

Yes

74.76

71.26

11,288, 71.98

Accessing Health Care

Big problem

24.90

28.40

4341, 27.68

No problem

75.10

71.60

11,342, 72.32

Desire for more children

Wants within 2 years

20.21

18.91

3007, 19.17

Wants after 2 + years

34.88

34.33

5401,34.44

Unsure timing/ undecided

18.81

19.31

3012, 19.21

Wants no more/ Sterilized/infecund

26.11

27.46

4263, 27.18

Watched family planning on TV last few months

No

69.26

75.47

11,594, 73.93

Yes

30.74

24.87

4089, 26.07

Heard family planning on radio last few months

No

70.87

75.47

11,688, 74.53

Yes

29.13

24.53

3995, 25.47

Read family planning in newspaper/magazine last few months

No

92.14

93.94

14,675, 93.57

Yes

7.86

6.06

1008, 6.43

ANC visit

No

15.45

15.92

2481, 15.82

Yes

84.55

84.08

13,202, 84.18