Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of young women in Ethiopia, 2022 (3379)
Variables | Categories | Weighted Frequency (%) |
|---|---|---|
Individual level factors | ||
Current age of women in years | 15–19 | 2087 (61.5) |
20–24 | 1292 (38.5) | |
Highest educational level | no education | 462 (13.00) |
primary | 2012 (60.0) | |
secondary | 667 (20.0) | |
higher | 238 (7.0) | |
Marital status | married | 1138 (33.67) |
Not married | 2241 (66.33) | |
Wealth status | poorest | 501 (15.0) |
poorer | 584 (17.0) | |
middle | 606 (18.0) | |
richer | 738 (22.0) | |
richest | 951 (28.0) | |
Family size | Less than 5 | 1390 (41.13) |
5 and above | 1989 (58.87) | |
Parity | None | 2447 (72) |
One and above | 932 (28) | |
Number of living children | None | 2467 (73) |
One and above | 912 (27) | |
Women gave birth in past 3 years | None | 2634 (77.96) |
One and above | 745 (22.04) | |
Son (s) present at home | None | 569 (16.84) |
One and above | 2810 (83.16) | |
Daughter (s) present at home | None | 511 (15.13) |
One and above | 2,868 (84.87) | |
Contraceptive knowledge | Yes | 3175 (93.97) |
No | 204 (6.03) | |
Household has TV | Yes | 658 (19.48) |
No | 2720 (80.52) | |
Household has radio | Yes | 966 (28.6) |
No | 2413 (71.40) | |
Community level factors | ||
Place of residence | Urban | 1176 (34.81) |
Rural | 2203 (65.18) | |
Region | Tigray | 231 (6.85) |
Afar | 30 (0.88) | |
Amhara | 755 (22.34) | |
Oromia | 1341 (39.69) | |
Somali | 160 (4.75) | |
Benishangul | 37 (1.10) | |
SNNPR | 595 (17.6) | |
Gambela | 15 (0.46) | |
Harari | 10 (0.29) | |
Addis Ababa | 177 (5.24) | |
Dire Dawa | 27 (0.80) | |
Proportion of Muslims in the cluster | High | 1157 (34.25) |
Low | 2222 (65.75) | |
Community-level education | High | 1985 (58.74) |
Low | 1394 (41.26) | |
Community-level wealth | High | 1620 (47.93) |
Low | 1759 (52.07) | |