Table 1. Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of respondents in 2016 EDHS, Ethiopia (weighted N = 4690).

Variables	Category	Deworming utilization status		Total weighted frequency	%
(N = 4690)		Yes (N = 365)	No (4325)
Head of the HHs	Male	311	3695	4006	84.4
	Female	54	630	684	14.6
Age category	Age 15–24	82	1143	1,225	26.1
	Age 25–34	219	2,229	2,439	52.0
	Age 35 and above	74	952	1,026	21.9
	Median age = 28 years (IQR = 33–24)
Religion	Orthodox	179	1,819	1,998	42.6
	Moslem	103	1,423	1,526	32.5
	Protestant	73	974	1,047	22.3
	catholic/traditional/other	10	109	119	2.6
Marital status	Married/ in union	333	4,027	4,360.	93.0
	Not-married/not in union	32	298	330	7.0
Educational status of the respondent	No formal education	180	2,339	2519	53.7
	Primary education	136	1,423	1559	33.3
	Secondary	34	351	385	8.2
	Tertiary and above	15	212	227	4.8
Educational status of the husband	No formal education	125	1,622	1,747	37.2
	Primary education	150	1,649	1,799	38.3
	Secondary	41	467	508	10.8
	Tertiary and above	25	310	335	7.2
	I don’t know	3	20	23	0.5
Working status of the respondent	Working	214	2,982	3,196	68.1
	Not working	151	1,343	1,494	31.9
Region	Tigray	46	433	479	10.2
	Afar	4	33	37	0.8
	Amhara	96	973	1,069	22.8
	Oromia	122	1,450	1,572	33.5
	Somali	3	112	115	2.5
	Benishangul	6	50	56	1.2
	SNNPR	72	1,043	1,115	23.8
	Gambela	1	14	15.	0.3
	Harari	1	12	1 3	0.3
	Addis Abeba	11	181	191	4.1
	Dire Dewa	3	25	28	0.6
Residence	Urban	74	793	867	18.5
	Rural	291	3,532	3,823	81.5
Poverty status of the HHs	Poor	111	1,582	1,693	36.1
	Middle	84	884	968	20.6
	Rich	170	1,859	2,029	43.3
Media exposure status	Not exposed	160	2,527	2,687	57.3
	Exposed	205	1,798	2,003	42.7
Community poverty level	Poor	110	2,005	2,115	45.1
	Rich	255	2,320	2,575	54.9
Community education Status	Low	205	2,628	2,833	60.4
	High	160	1,697	1,857	39.6
Community distance to Health	Big problem	195	2,520	2,715	57.9
	Not big problem	170	1,805	1,975	42.1
Community media Exposure	Low	169	2,491	2660	52.5
	High	195	1,833	2,229	47.5

IQR = Inter-quartile range, HH- Households.