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Table 2 Reproductive history of respondents in SNNPR, Ethiopia, 2015

From: Contraceptive utilization and associated factors among women of reproductive age group in Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples’ Region, Ethiopia: cross-sectional survey, mixed-methods

Variable

Frequency

Percent

Marital Status (n = 3205)

 Married and live together

2376

74.1

 Divorced

54

1.7

 Widowed

71

2.2

 Separated

25

0.8

 Single

679

21.2

Wife age at marriage (n = 2526)

 Less than 18 years

1360

53.8

 18–20 years

496

19.6

 Greater than 20 years

343

13.6

 I don’t know

327

12.9

Number of alive children (n = 3205)

 No child

836

26.1

 1–2 children

842

26.3

 3–4 children

751

23.4

 5 and above children

776

24.2

Number of child death (n = 3205)

 No child death

2767

86.3

 1–2 Children

381

11.9

 3–4 Children

48

1.5

 5 and above children

9

0.3

Woman’s desired number of children (n = 3205)

 Not decided

1511

47.1

 1–4 children

1001

31.2

 5 and above children

693

21.6