. 2022 Jan 21;10:20503121211068719. doi: 10.1177/20503121211068719

Table 1.

Weighted socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants, Ethiopia, 2016.

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percent (%)
Residence	Urban	862	23.5
Residence	Rural	2806	76.5
Region	Small peripheral	59	1.6
	Large central	3388	92.4
	Metropolitan	221	6.0
Distance to the health facility	Big problem	1674	45.6
Distance to the health facility	Not a big problem	1994	54.4
Community exposure to FP message	Low exposure	2331	63.6
Community exposure to FP message	High exposure	1337	36.4
Proportion of women working in the community	Low	1889	51.8
Proportion of women working in the community	High	1769	48.2
Religion	Orthodox	1877	51.2
	Protestant	968	26.4
	Muslim	768	20.9
	Others⁺	55	1.5
Current age	15–24 years	850	23.2
	25–34 years	1750	47.7
	35–49 years	1068	29.1
Women’s age at first marriage	<18 years	1397	38.1
Women’s age at first marriage	>18 years	2271	61.9
Women’s educational status	No education	1948	53.1
	Primary	1146	31.3
	Secondary	343	9.3
	Higher	231	6.3
Husband’s educational status	No education	1427	38.9
	Primary	1445	39.4
	Secondary	432	11.8
	Higher	364	9.9
Women’s occupation	No work	1729	47.1
	Professional	249	6.8
	Business	703	19.2
	Agriculture	872	23.8
	Others⁺⁺	115	3.1
Husband’s occupation	No work	330	9.0
	Professional	319	8.7
	Business	635	17.3
	Agriculture	2138	58.3
	Others⁺⁺	246	6.7
Wealth index	Poorest	382	10.4
	Poorer	645	17.6
	Middle	765	20.9
	Richer	818	22.3
	Richest	1058	28.8
Media exposure	No	1988	54.2
Media exposure	Yes	1680	45.8
Birth order	First	640	17.4
	Second	615	16.8
	Third and above	2413	65.8
Number of living children	⩽2	1635	44.6
Number of living children	>2	2033	55.4
Birth interval	<24 months	470	17.0
Birth interval	⩾24 months	2289	83.0
Type of marriage	Monogamy	3497	95.3
Type of marriage	Polygamy	171	4.7
Couple’s age difference	Negative	119	3.2
	Equal	79	2.2
	<10 years	2767	75.4
	⩾10 years	703	19.2
Desired number of children	0–2	529	14.4
	3–4	1642	44.8
	5+	1146	31.3
	God/Allah’s will	265	7.2
	Do not know	86	2.4
Knowledge of modern method	No	245	6.7
Knowledge of modern method	Yes	3423	93.3
Visited health facility in the last 12 months	No	1608	43.8
Visited health facility in the last 12 months	Yes	2060	56.2
Intimate partner violence	No	1262	76.9
Intimate partner violence	Yes	379	23.1
Discussed FP with health worker	No	479	37.6
Discussed FP with health worker	Yes	793	62.4

FP: family planning.

Unweighted sample size for all variable included in the analysis is 2980, except for intimate partner violence (n = 1287), discussed FP with health worker (n = 1023).

Others⁺: catholic, traditional, and other EDHS category.

Others⁺⁺: other EDHS category.