Table 1.

Prevalence of unintended childbirth by socio-demographic characteristics of women 15-49 years, Ethiopia-2011

Characteristics	Wanted birth	Unwanted birth	Total	N (weighted)
Age	P < 0.001
15-19	66.3	33.7	100.0	401
20-34	69.4	30.6	100.0	5480
35-49	63.5	36.5	100.0	2024
Educational level	P = 0.03
No education	68.5	31.5	100.0	5268
Primary education	65.6	34.4	100.0	2270
Secondary education	69.6	30.4	100.0	368
Type of place of residence	P = 0.305
Urban	66.5	33.5	100.0	1187
Rural	68.0	32.0	100.0	6717
Respondent currently working	P < 0.001
No	70.3	29.7	100.0	5131
Yes	63.0	37.0	100.0	2768
Wealth index	P < 0.001
Poor	70.7	29.3	100.0	3433
Middle	66.4	33.6	100.0	1628
Rich	64.9	35.1	100.0	2844
Parity	P < 0.001
0-2	72.3	27.7	100.0	2751
3-5	66.9	33.1	100.0	2924
6 and above	63.3	36.7	100.0	2200
Household size	P < 0.001
1-3	76.3	23.7	100.0	1080
4-6	69.7	30.3	100.0	4056
7 and above	61.6	38.4	100.0	2770
Religion	P < 0.001
Orthodox	64.8	35.2	100.0	3327
Protestant	68.3	31.7	100.0	1763
Muslim	71.0	29.0	100.0	2563
Catholic/Traditional/others	69.6	30.4	100.0	247
Marital status	P < 0.001
Never in union	13.9	86.1	100.0	72
Married/cohabiting	68.7	31.3	100.0	7185
Formerly married	62.7	37.3	100.0	649
Ethnicity	P < 0.001
Afar	95.2	4.8	100.0	63
Amhara	65.4	34.6	100.0	2256
Oromo	61.6	38.4	100.0	2765
Somalie	95.9	4.1	100.0	193
Tigrie	80.5	19.5	100.0	524
Others	72.1	27.9	100.0	2060
Knowledge of contraceptive method	P < 0.001
Knows no method	86.0	14.0	100.0	420
Knows at least one method	67.3	32.7	100.0	7339
Contraceptive use	P < 0.001
Yes	61.5	38.5	100.0	1810
No	70.1	29.9	100.0	5949
Media exposure	P = 0.001
Inadequate	69.1	30.9	100.0	5062
Adequate	65.5	34.5	100.0	2680
History of abortion	P = 0.024
Yes	67.3	32.7	100.0	6953
No	71.2	28.8	100.0	803
Total	67.8	32.2	100.0	7905