Table 2.

Reproductive history of study participants in Arsi Negele town, Southeastern Ethiopia, 2017

Variables	Category	Frequency (n)	Percentage (%)
History of giving birth	Yes	322	89.2
	No	39	10.8
Number of ever born births	None	39	10.8
	One	74	20.5
	Two	96	26.6
	Three and above	152	42.1
Number of alive children	None	42	11.6
	One	72	19.9
	Two	96	26.6
	Three and above	151	41.8
Desired number of children	One	86	23.8
	Two	154	42.7
	Three and above	121	33.5
Desire to have more children	Yes	109	30.2
	No	252	69.8
Decision maker on number of children.	Woman	23	6.4
	Husband	34	9.4
	Jointlya	275	76.2
	God	29	8.0

^aboth woman and husband