Table 1 Characteristic of the sampled women, 2016 (N = 2110)
Characteristics | Categories | Weighted percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
Wealth index | Poorest | 6.9 |
Poorer | 10.3 | |
Middle | 13.9 | |
Rich | 16.1 | |
Richest | 52.8 | |
Education of the mother | No education | 28.9 |
Primary | 38 | |
Secondary | 17.8 | |
Higher | 15.3 | |
Ethnicity | Amhara | 25.3 |
Oromo | 27.8 | |
Tigrie | 15.4 | |
Others | 31.5 | |
Age at giving birth | 14–19 | 10.5 |
20–34 | 78 | |
> = 35 | 11.5 | |
Maternal occupation | Not working | 44.9 |
Professional | 7.9 | |
Clerical | 1.9 | |
Sales | 21.9 | |
Agriculture-employee | 11.2 | |
Services | 3.9 | |
Skilled/unskilled manual | 4.9 | |
Others | 3.3 |