Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of women in the nomadic community of Ethiopia on January 18 to June 27, 2016 (n = 3,415)
Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
Residence | Urban | 883 | 25.9 |
Rural | 2532 | 74.1 | |
Region | Afar | 1001 | 29.3 |
Benshangual-Gumuaz | 1104 | 32.3 | |
Somali | 1310 | 38.4 | |
Wealth index | Rich | 308 | 9 |
Middle | 831 | 24.3 | |
Poor | 2276 | 66.6 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 434 | 12.7 |
Others | 251 | 7.3 | |
Muslim | 2730 | 79.9 | |
Sex of household head | Male | 2231 | 65.3 |
Female | 1184 | 34.7 | |
Age of respondent at 1st birth | 17 and below | 1076 | 31.5 |
18 and above | 2339 | 68.5 | |
Births in last three years | 2 and above | 298 | 8.7 |
1 birth | 1260 | 36.9 | |
No birth | 1857 | 54.4 | |
Place of delivery | Public facility | 450 | 13.2 |
Home | 2965 | 86.8 | |
Husband education | Secondary and above | 365 | 10.7 |
Primary | 514 | 15.1 | |
No education | 2536 | 74.3 | |
Husbands occupation | Yes | 1927 | 56.4 |
No | 1488 | 43.6 | |
Respondent working | Yes | 995 | 29.1 |
No | 2420 | 70.9 |