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Table 3 Background characteristics of survey respondents, baseline (December 2008) and follow-up (December 2010) surveys

From: Changes in equity of maternal, newborn, and child health care practices in 115 districts of rural Ethiopia: implications for the health extension program

Background variable

Category

Baseline (%)

Follow-up (%)

 

No. of respondents

 

3,932

3,867

 

Region

Tigray

13.6

14.5

 
 

Amhara

41.1

41.6

 
 

Oromia

26.2

25.1

 
 

SNNP

19.1

18.8

 

Age group

15-19

7.1

6.9

 
 

20-34

72.3

71.5

 
 

35-49

20.7

21.6

 

Marital status

Not married

6.5

7.9

**

 

Married

93.5

92.1

 

Education

None

82.1

80.2

**

 

Primary

12.1

12.3

 
 

Higher

5.9

7.5

 

Number of children

0

2.7

2.9

 
 

1

16.5

17.3

 
 

2

15.9

16.5

 
 

3

15.2

16.1

 
 

4+

49.7

47.3

 

Religion

Orthodox

61.8

64.4

 
 

Protestant

13.0

12.3

 
 

Muslim

24.1

22.5

 
 

Other

1.2

0.9

 

Wealth terciles

Poorest

36.1

36.7

 
 

Medium

38.0

36.3

 
 

Least poor

25.9

27.0

 

Distance to any health facility

<30 min.

54.2

62.9

**

 

30 min - <1 hr

23.6

27.7

 
 

1+ hr

22.2

9.4

 
  1. **p < 0.05