Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristic of young, sexually active women in Ethiopia, EDHS 2016 (N = 2661).
| Characteristics | Number (%) |
|---|---|
| Age at the time of the survey | |
| 15 to 19 | 763 (28.7) |
| 20 to 24 | 1898(73.3) |
| Educational status | |
| No formal education | 894(33.6) |
| Primary | 1188(44.6) |
| Secondary | 405(15.2) |
| Higher | 174(6.5) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 187(7.0) |
| Married or living in union | 2315(87.0) |
| Other** | 159(6.0) |
| Age at first birth | |
| Before 20 years | 1315(76.3) |
| At 20 and after years | 410(23.8) |
| Wealth index | |
| Poorest | 813(30.6) |
| Poor | 383(14.4) |
| Middle | 345(13.0) |
| Richer | 312(11.7) |
| Richest | 808(30.3) |
| Residence | |
| Urban | 731(27.5) |
| Rural | 1930(72.5) |
| Age at first sex | |
| Before 20 years | 2368(89.0) |
| At 20 and after years | 293(11.0) |
| Numbers of lifetime sexual partners | |
| One | 2636(99.0) |
| More than one | 25(1.0) |
| Visited health facility in the last 12 months before the survey | |
| Yes | 1403(52.72) |
| No | 1258(47.28) |
| Chewed khat | |
| No | 2426(92.0) |
| Yes | 235(8.83) |
| Ever drunk alcohol | |
| No | 1854(69.7) |
| Yes | 807(30.3) |
Other** = divorced and widowed