Table 3.

Comparison of socio-demographics between participants included and not included.

Socio-demographic characteristics	Overall (n = 777)	Included participants (n = 554)	Not included participants (n = 223)
Region
Addis Ababa	34.4%	37.4%	26.9%
Afar	36.7%	37.4%	35.0%
Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's Regions	29.0%	25.3%	38.1%***
Respondent
Adolescent girl	15.4%	11.7%	24.7%
Female caregiver	14.2%	15.3%	11.2%
Female influential	13.0%	14.3%	9.9%
Female social network	57.4%	58.7%	54.3%***
Age
10–19 years	34.8%	27.8%	52.3%
20–35 years	37.0%	40.8%	27.3%
36 and over	28.3%	31.4%	20.5%***
Marital status
Married or engaged	48.5%	54.5%	33.6%
Widowed, divorced or separated	10.9%	12.3%	7.6%
Single, never married	40.5%	33.2%	58.7%***
Religion
Christian (Orthodox, Protestant, Catholic)	60.6%	59.2%	64.1%
Muslim	39.4%	40.8%	35.9%
Educational status
No formal education	34.8%	37.4%	28.3%
Primary education	38.2%	33.4%	50.2%
Secondary education and higher	27.0%	29.2%	21.5%***
Socio-economic status
Tertile 1 (most poor)	43.7%	42.4%	46.9%
Tertile 2 (poor)	25.5%	24.2%	28.8%
Tertile 3 (least poor)	30.8%	33.4%	24.3%*

^*p ≤ 0.05,

^***p ≤ 0.001.