Table 2.

Socio-demographic characteristics of Ethiopian women aged 15–49 with a child born in the 5 years preceding the survey, EMDHS 2019.

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percentage
Maternal age	15–24 years	625.5	26.55
	25–34 years	1,256.2	53.33
	35–39 years	308.9	13.11
	40–49 years	164.9	7.00
Maternal educational level	No education	986.9	41.89
	Primary	956.99	40.63
	Secondary and higher	411.71	17.48
Religion	Orthodox	1,055.5	44.81
	Muslim	700.2	29.73
	Protestant	571.5	24.26
	Others	28.35	1.20
Residence	Urban	715.77	30.39
	Rural	1,639.78	69.61
Region	Tigray_Amhara	866.99	36.81
	Oromia	832.5	35.34
	SNNPR	434.45	18.44
	Most urbans	114.84	4.88
	Eastern pastoralist	66.86	1.69
Marital status	Currently in union	2,216.3	94.1
	Currently not in union	139.3	5.9
Household wealth index	Poor	769.38	32.66
	Medium	486.27	20.64
	Rich	1,099.90	46.69
Community women education(illiterate)	Low	1,272.65	54.03
	High	1,082.91	45.97
Community poverty	Low	1,393.39	59.15
	High	962.16	40.85
Birth interval	Less than 2 years	289.67	16.26
	Two and more years	1,491.97	83.74
Number of children ever born	Less than 6	1,889.75	80.22
	6 and above	465.81	19.78
Head of the household	Male headed	2,048.07	86.95
	Female headed	307.49	13.05