Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants EDHS 2016
Variable | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Age (mean age:29.23 ± 6.5 SD) | ||
15–19 | 404 | 3.8 |
20–24 | 2171 | 20.4 |
25–29 | 3161 | 29.71 |
30–34 | 2360 | 22.18 |
35–39 | 1697 | 15.95 |
40–44 | 647 | 6.08 |
45–49 | 201 | 1.89 |
Residence | ||
Urban | 1974 | 18.55 |
Rural | 8667 | 81.45 |
Mothers educational status | ||
No education | 6838 | 64.26 |
Primary | 2678 | 25.17 |
Secondary | 734 | 6.9 |
Higher | 391 | 3.67 |
Husbands educational status | ||
No education | 5003 | 49.99 |
Primary | 3220 | 32.17 |
Secondary | 1015 | 10.14 |
Higher | 770 | 7.69 |
Mothers occupation | ||
Housewife | 6307 | 59.27 |
Employed | 4334 | 40.73 |
Marital status | ||
Never in union | 61 | 0.57 |
Married | 9903 | 93.06 |
Living with a partner | 105 | 0.99 |
Widowed | 135 | 1.27 |
Divorced | 328 | 3.08 |
Separated | 109 | 1.02 |
Wealth index | ||
Poor | 5775 | 54.27 |
Medium | 1466 | 13.78 |
Rich | 3400 | 31.95 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 3082 | 28.96 |
Catholic | 72 | 0.68 |
Protestant | 1862 | 17.50 |
Muslim | 5442 | 51.14 |
Traditional | 103 | 0.97 |
Other | 80 | 0.75 |
Region | ||
Tigray | 1033 | 9.71 |
Afar | 1062 | 9.98 |
Amhara | 977 | 9.18 |
Oromia | 1581 | 14.86 |
Somali | 1505 | 14.14 |
Benshangul | 879 | 8.26 |
SNNPR | 1277 | 12.0 |
Gambela | 714 | 6.71 |
Harari | 605 | 5.69 |
Addis Ababa | 461 | 4.33 |
Dire Dawa | 574 | 5.14 |
Sex of Household head | ||
Male | 8383 | 78.78 |
Female | 2258 | 21.22 |