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. 2020 Mar 4;46:28. doi: 10.1186/s13052-020-0793-9

Table 3.

Source of information, wealth status of participants and child characteristics in emerging regions of Ethiopia, 2016

Variables Frequency Percent (%)
Sex of child
Male 357 55.6
Female 285 44.4
Child age in months
12–15 288 44.9
16–19 224 34.9
20–23 130 20.2
Wealth status
Poorest 389 60.6
Poor 81 12.6
Middle 43 6.7
Rich 53 8.3
Richest 76 11.8
Own a mobile phone
No 491 76.5
Yes 151 23.5
Reading newspaper or magazine
No 620 96.6
Yes 22 3.4
Listening radio
No 547 85.2
Yes 95 14.8
Watching TV
No 569 88.6
Yes 73 11.4
Wanted last child
No 71 11.1
Yes 571 88.9
Child size at birth
Large 175 27.3
Average 256 39.9
Small 211 32.8
Birth order of the child
1 113 17.6
2–5 358 55.8
  ≥ 6 171 26.6
Preceding birth interval in months
9–23 133 20.7
24–35 188 29.3
  > 35 321 50.0