Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of married women in Ethiopia, 2016 (N=8473)
| Variable | Frequency | Percentage |
| Age (years) | ||
| 15–19 | 534 | 6.30 |
| 20–24 | 1436 | 16.95 |
| 25–29 | 1876 | 22.14 |
| 30–34 | 1591 | 18.78 |
| 35–39 | 1412 | 16.66 |
| 40–44 | 953 | 11.25 |
| 45–49 | 671 | 7.92 |
| Level of education | ||
| No education | 4869 | 57.46 |
| Primary | 2337 | 27.58 |
| Secondary | 773 | 9.12 |
| Higher | 494 | 5.83 |
| Occupation | ||
| Have no work | 6030 | 71.17 |
| Professional/technical/managerial work | 1310 | 15.46 |
| Agricultural work | 749 | 8.84 |
| Other | 384 | 4.53 |
| Husband/partner’s level of education | ||
| No education | 3774 | 44.54 |
| Primary | 2651 | 31.29 |
| Secondary | 1060 | 12.51 |
| Higher | 988 | 11.66 |
| Husband/partner’s occupation | ||
| Have no work | 851 | 10.04 |
| Professional/technical/managerial work | 2592 | 30.59 |
| Agricultural work | 4208 | 49.66 |
| Other | 822 | 9.70 |
| Head of household* | ||
| Someone else | 7147 | 84.35 |
| Woman—herself | 1326 | 15.65 |
| Family size | ||
| 1–4 | 3050 | 36.00 |
| 5–8 | 4564 | 53.86 |
| ≥9 | 859 | 10.14 |
| Wealth quintile | ||
| Lowest | 2361 | 27.86 |
| Second | 1291 | 15.24 |
| Middle | 1184 | 13.97 |
| Fourth | 1158 | 13.67 |
| Highest | 2479 | 29.26 |
| Religion | ||
| Orthodox | 3243 | 38.27 |
| Protestant | 1597 | 18.85 |
| Muslim | 3474 | 41.00 |
| Other | 159 | 1.88 |
| Residence | ||
| Urban | 2261 | 26.68 |
| Rural | 6212 | 73.32 |
*The head of household was dichotomised as the woman herself or someone else (this include her husband and other family members, such as father-in-law and mother-in-law).