Table 1 Socio-Demographic characteristics of sexually active reproductive aged women to identify determents for utilizing modern contraceptives in Amhara region, Mini EDHS 2019
Variable | Categories | Number (Weighted) | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
Age of the women | ≤ 25 | 207 | 29.11 |
|  | 26–35 | 275 | 38.7 |
|  | 36–45 | 190 | 26.72 |
|  | ≥ 46 | 39 | 5.49 |
Resident | Urban | 92 | 12.9 |
| Â | Rural | 619 | 87.06 |
The educational status | No education | 459 | 64.56 |
| Â | Primary | 197 | 27.7 |
| Â | Secondary | 32 | 4.6 |
| Â | Higher | 23 | 3.3 |
Wealth index | Poorest | 95 | 13.4 |
| Â | Poorer | 172 | 24.2 |
| Â | Middle | 203 | 28.5 |
| Â | Richer | 142 | 19.97 |
| Â | Richest | 99 | 13.9 |
Religion | Orthodox | 615 | 86.5 |
| Â | Catholic | 6 | 0.8 |
| Â | Protestant | 11 | 1.55 |
| Â | Muslim | 79 | 11.1 |
Mass media message exposure | Yes | 114 | 16.03 |
| Â | No | 597 | 83.97 |
Household members | ≤ 4 | 339 | 47.68 |
|  | 5–8 | 342 | 48.1 |
|  | ≥9 | 30 | 4.2 |
Number of living children | No | 275 | 38.68 |
|  | 1–4 | 428 | 60.2 |
|  | ≥ 5 | 8 | 1.14 |
Birth in last three years | No birth | 431 | 60.6 |
| Â | One | 266 | 37.5 |
| Â | >=2 | 14 | 1.97 |
Knowledge of family planning | knows no method | 30 | 4.22 |
| Â | knows modern method | 681 | 95.7 |