Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of reproductive age married or in union women in Ethiopia, 2016
From: Factors associated with long acting and permanent contraceptive methods use in Ethiopia
Variable | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
 15–19 | 501 | 5.5 |
 20–24 | 1425 | 15.6 |
 25–29 | 2075 | 22.7 |
 30–34 | 1828 | 20.0 |
 35–39 | 1487 | 16.3 |
 40–44 | 1021 | 11.2 |
 45–49 | 790 | 8.7 |
Place of residence | ||
 Urban | 1505 | 16.5 |
 Rural | 7622 | 83.5 |
Highest education attended | ||
 No education | 5666 | 62.1 |
 Primary | 2517 | 27.6 |
 Secondary | 563 | 6.2 |
 Higher | 381 | 4.2 |
Religion | ||
 Orthodox | 3793 | 41.6 |
 Protestant | 3066 | 33.6 |
 Muslim | 2050 | 22.5 |
 Other | 218 | 2.4 |
Wealth index | ||
 Poorest | 1708 | 18.7 |
 Poorer | 1814 | 19.9 |
 Middle | 1854 | 20.3 |
 Richer | 1806 | 19.8 |
 Richest | 1946 | 21.3 |
Husband/partner’s educational level | ||
 No education | 4203 | 46.1 |
 Primary | 3361 | 36.8 |
 Secondary | 846 | 9.3 |
 Higher | 643 | 7 |
 Do not know | 74 | 0.8 |
Husband’s/partner occupation | ||
 Not working | 729 | 8.0 |
 Sales worker | 623 | 6.8 |
 Skilled agriculture | 835 | 9.1 |
 Subsistence farming | 4604 | 50.4 |
Other | 2336 | 25.6 |
Currently working | ||
 Yes | 6250 | 68.5 |
 No | 2877 | 31.5 |
Women’s occupation | ||
 Not working | 4664 | 51.1 |
 Agriculture | 2131 | 23.4 |
 Sales | 1225 | 13.4 |
 Other | 1106 | 12.1 |
Sex of head of the household | ||
 Male | 7941 | 87.0 |
 Female | 1186 | 13.0 |