Table 1. Background characteristics of clients of health extension workers (HEWs) and community-based reproductive health agents (CBRHAs), by provider type, Ethiopia, 2008–2009.
Sample characteristics | HEW clients | CBRHA clients |
---|---|---|
(n = 440) | (n = 622) | |
Mean age (years) | 28.4 | 30.0* |
Married (%) | 92.4 | 88.0* |
Mean age at first marriage (years) | 15.5 | 16.1* |
Mean age at first pregnancy (years) | 17.9 | 18.3* |
Mean no. of living children | 3.6 | 4.0* |
No education (%) | 78.1 | 89.4* |
Using DMPA for first time (%) | 45.9 | 58.4* |
DMPA, depot medroxyprogesterone acetate; * P < 0.05.