Table 1.

Weighted socio-demographic characteristics of study participants [weighted N = 3088].

List of predictor variables	Category of variables	Frequency	Percent
Place of residence	Urban	560	18.1
	Rural	2528	81.9
Religion	Orthodox	1498	48.5
	Protestant	605	19.6
	Muslim	919	29.8
	Others +	66	2.1
Age at first marriage	<18 years	1879	61.4
	18 + years	1182	38.6
Respondent's educational status	No education	1665	53.9
	Primary	1002	32.4
	Secondary	264	8.6
	Higher	157	5.1
Husband's educational status	No education	1232	42.3
	Primary	1125	38.7
	Secondary	322	11.1
	Higher	230	7.9
Respondent's occupation	Unemployed	1494	48.4
	Employed	1594	51.6
Husband's occupation	Unemployed	173	5.9
	Employed	2736	94.1
Wealth Index	Poorest	503	16.3
	Poorer	655	21.2
	Middle	607	19.7
	Richer	636	20.6
	Richest	687	22.3
Family size	<5	1096	35.5
	5+	1992	64.5
Head of the household	Males	2651	85.9
	Females	437	14.1
Media Exposure	Yes	1306	42.3
	No	1782	57.7
Number of ANC visits	1–3	1227	49.8
	4+	1551	50.2
Total children ever born (gravidity)	1–4	2102	68.1
	5+	986	31.9
Number of live births (parity)	<5	2266	73.4
	5+	822	26.6
Get nutritional counsel during pregnancy	Yes	2042	73.5
	No	736	26.5
Distance to health facilities	Big problem	1515	49.1
	Not big problem	1573	50.9
Proportion of community-level women's illiteracy	Low	1213	39.3
	High	1875	60.7
Proportion of community-level no media exposure	Low	1425	46.2
	High	1663	53.8
Region of the country	Peripheral regions	150	4.8
	Large central	2788	90.3
	Metropolis	150	4.9

Key: Others+ (Catholic, Traditional, and other EDHS categories).