Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of pregnant women in Arsi Negele Woreda, West Arsi Zone, Ethiopia, 2017
| Variable | Frequency | Percent | Unintended pregnancy | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | ||||
| Age | ||||
| 17–34 | 516 | 80.1 | 31 (6) | < 0.001 |
| 35 and above | 128 | 19.9 | 97 (75.8) | |
| Age at first pregnancy | ||||
| Less than 18 | 81 | 12.6 | 32 (39.5) | 0.703 |
| 18 and above | 563 | 87.4 | 235 (41.7) | |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 613 | 95.2 | 246 (40.1) | 0.005 |
| Single | 14 | 2.2 | 11 (78.6) | |
| Divorced/widowed | 17 | 2.6 | 10 (58.8) | |
| Women educational status | ||||
| No formal education | 100 | 15.5 | 47 (47) | 0.962 |
| Primary | 523 | 81.2 | 206 (39.4) | |
| Secondary and above | 21 | 3.3 | 14 (66.7) | |
| Husband educational status | ||||
| No formal education | 54 | 8.4 | 19 (35.2) | 0.688 |
| Primary education | 562 | 87.3 | 238 (42.3) | |
| Secondary and above | 28 | 4.3 | 10 (35.7) | |
| Religion | ||||
| Orthodox | 131 | 20.3 | 54 (41.2) | 0.884 |
| Muslim | 361 | 56.1 | 150 (41.6) | |
| Protestant | 108 | 16.8 | 47 (43.5) | |
| Catholic | 33 | 5.1 | 11 (33.3) | |
| Others | 11 | 1.7 | 5 (45.5) | |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Oromo | 260 | 40.4 | 113 (43.5) | 0.402 |
| Amhara | 243 | 37.7 | 90 (37) | |
| Tigire | 78 | 12.1 | 39 (50) | |
| Keffa | 45 | 7 | 17 (37.8) | |
| Woliata | 14 | 2.2 | 6 (42.9) | |
| Others | 4 | 0.6 | 2 (50) | |