Effects of a community-based data for decision-making intervention on maternal and newborn health care practices in Ethiopia: a dose-response study

Table 1 Sample characteristics by survey period

Characteristic		2010–11		2014–15		p-value
Characteristic		%	n	%	n	p-value
Women’s age (years)	15–19	8	168	10	202	0.150
	20–34	77	1629	74	1566
	35–49	15	327	16	341
Education	None	73	1559	57	1204	< 0.001
	Primary	16	330	23	487
	Secondary or higher	11	234	20	417
Marital status	Single	5	105	4	75	0.034
Marital status	In union	95	2019	97	2034	0.034
Number of children	1	21	448	29	609	< 0.001
	2	17	356	18	372
	3	17	361	14	300
	4+	45	959	39	827
Religion	Orthodox	63	1342	62	1302	0.468
	Protestant	19	396	20	431
	Muslim	17	358	17	355
	Traditional/other	1	27	1	21
Distance to any health facility	< 30 min.	64	1365	55	1163	0.002
	30 min - < 1 h	26	545	30	636
	1 - < 2 h	10	214	15	309
Wealth quintile	Lowest	28	604	13	256	< 0.001
	Fourth	21	447	18	380
	Middle	20	426	19	407
	Second	17	369	23	475
	Highest	13	279	27	572
Region	Tigray	13	284	14	286	0.317
	Amhara	38	808	38	791
	Oromia	28	589	28	583
	SNNP	21	443	21	449
Population to HEW ratio	2500 or less	50	1059	47	996	0.407
	2501 – 3500	25	521	25	519
	3501 – 5000	17	349	15	309
	> 5000	9	195	14	285
Program stratum	CBDDM only	76	1606	76	1607	0.427
Program stratum	Prior program areas	24	518	24	506
No. of respondents		100	2124	100	2113

CBDDM Community-Based Data for Decision-Making, HEW Health Extension Worker, WDA Women’s Development Army

ISSN: 1471-2393