Table 1.
Background characteristics of married non-pregnant women, Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey 2016 (n = 6854)
| Individual Variables | Categories | Frequency | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age in 5-year groups | 15–19 | 500 | 7.3 |
| 20–24 | 1343 | 19.6 | |
| 25–29 | 1668 | 24.3 | |
| 30–34 | 1357 | 19.8 | |
| 35–39 | 1120 | 16.3 | |
| 40–44 | 607 | 8.9 | |
| 45–49 | 259 | 3.8 | |
| Highest educational level | |||
| No education | 3891 | 56.8 | |
| Primary | 1922 | 28.0 | |
| Secondary | 644 | 9.4 | |
| Higher | 397 | 5.8 | |
| Religion | |||
| Christians | 3840 | 56.0 | |
| Muslin | 2927 | 42.7 | |
| Other | 87 | 1.3 | |
| Number of children 5 and under in household | |||
| None | 1446 | 21.1 | |
| 1–2 | 4696 | 68.5 | |
| > = 3 | 712 | 10.4 | |
| Number of living children categories | |||
| None | 665 | 9.7 | |
| 1–4 | 4154 | 60.6 | |
| 5–8 | 1879 | 27.4 | |
| > = 9 | 156 | 2.3 | |
| Births in last 3 years category | |||
| None | 2539 | 37.0 | |
| one birth | 3669 | 53.5 | |
| more than two births | 646 | 9.4 | |
| Wealth index combined | |||
| Poor | 3077 | 44.9 | |
| Middle | 971 | 14.2 | |
| Rich | 2806 | 40.9 | |
| Respondent currently working | |||
| No | 4674 | 68.2 | |
| Yes | 2180 | 31.8 | |
| Exposure to mass media | |||
| No | 4045 | 59.0 | |
| Yes | 2809 | 41.0 | |
| History of terminated pregnancy | |||
| No | 6165 | 89.9 | |
| Yes | 689 | 10.1 | |
| Heard family planning through media | |||
| No | 4764 | 69.5 | |
| Yes | 2090 | 30.5 | |
| Visited by fieldworker in last 12 months | |||
| No | 4837 | 70.6 | |
| Yes | 2017 | 29.4 | |
| Did fieldworker talk about family planning | |||
| No | 787 | 36.5 | |
| Yes | 1230 | 63.5 | |
| Visited health facility in the last 12 months | |||
| No | 3322 | 48.5 | |
| Yes | 3532 | 51.5 | |
| At health facility, told of family planning | |||
| No | 2156 | 61.0 | |
| Yes | 1376 | 39.0 | |
| History of smoking Cigarette | |||
| No | 6786 | 99.0 | |
| Yes | 68 | 1.0 | |
| Covered by health insurance | |||
| No | 6572 | 95.9 | |
| Yes | 282 | 4.1 | |
| Husband’s desire for children | |||
| Both want same | 2781 | 40.6 | |
| Husband wants more | 1775 | 25.9 | |
| Husband wants fewer | 465 | 6.8 | |
| Don’t know | 1820 | 26.6 | |
| Husband/partner’s education level | |||
| No education | 3045 | 44.4 | |
| Primary | 2213 | 32.3 | |
| Secondary | 868 | 12.7 | |
| Higher | 728 | 10.6 | |
| Husband/partner’s occupation (grouped) | |||
| Did not work | 681 | 9.9 | |
| Clerical/sales/services/skilled labor | 1572 | 22.9 | |
| Professional/technical/managerial | 4601 | 67.1 | |
| Person who usually decides on respondent’s health care | |||
| Respondent alone | 1242 | 18.1 | |
| Respondent and husband/partner | 4343 | 63.4 | |
| Husband/partner alone | 1234 | 18.0 | |
| Someone else | 27 | 0.4 | |
| Other | 8 | 0.1 | |
| Current use of contraceptive methods | |||
| No | 4461 | 65.1 | |
| Yes | 2393 | 34.9 | |