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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of women who had at least one birth in the five years preceding the survey

From: Determinants of maternal health service utilization in Ethiopia: analysis of the 2011 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey

Background Characteristics

Number

Percent

Residence

  

   Urban

1188

15.0

   Rural

6720

85.0

Age

  

   15-19

402

5.1

   20-34

5480

69.3

   35-49

2026

25.6

Marital status

  

   Never Married

72

0.9

   Married/living together

7185

90.9

   Divorced/separated/widowed

651

8.2

Religion

  

   Orthodox

3327

42.1

   Catholics

84

1.0

   Protestants

1763

22.3

   Muslims

2563

32.4

   Others

175

2.2

Ethnicity

  

   Amhara

2257

28.5

   Guragie

180

2.3

   Oromo

2765

35.0

   Sidama

334

4.2

   Tigrie

524

6.6

   Wolaita

213

2.7

   Others

1635

20.7

Educational status

  

   No education

5270

66.6

   Primary

2270

28.7

   Secondary

226

2.9

   Higher

142

1.8

Household Wealth

  

   Poorest

1739

22.0

   Poorer

1696

21.5

   Middle

1628

20.6

   Richer

1494

18.9

   Richest

1351

17.1

Parity

  

   1

1399

17.7

   2-4

3464

43.8

   5 or more

3045

38.5

No. of births in the last 5 yrs

  

   1

4505

57.0

   2+

3403

43.0

   Total (n)

7908

100