Table 2 Mothers, household, and child characteristics description

Mothers characteristics

n = 4676 (%)

  Age of mothers at first birth

 < 20 (1)

3289 (70.3)

20–34 (2)

1379 (29.5)

35–49 (3)

8 (0.2)

  Mother’s current marital status

Married (1)

4159 (88.9)

Widowed (2)

198 (4.2)

Divorced (3)

319 (6.8)

  Place of delivery

Home (1)

1605 (34.3)

Health sector (2)

1507 (32.2)

Missing

1564 (33.4)

  Contraceptive use

Modern (1)

1396 (29.9)

Traditional (2)

37 (0.8)

Not Using (3)

3243 (69.4)

  Mother’s education level

No education (0)

2890 (61.8)

Primary (1)

1281 (27.4)

Secondary and above (2)

505 (10.8)

  Husband/partner’s education level

Primary (1)

2216 (47.4)

Secondary and above (2)

1487 (31.8)

Missing

973 (20.8)

Household characteristics

n = 4676(%)

  Residence

Urban (1)

1148 (24.6)

Rural (2)

3528 (75.4)

  Region

Tigray (1)

386 (8.3)

Afar (2)

408 (8.7)

Amhara (3)

519 (11.1)

Oromia (4)

594 (12.7)

Somali (5)

391 (8.4)

Benishangul (6)

425 (9.1)

SNNPR (7)

606 (13.0)

Gambela (8)

413 (8.8)

Harari (9)

366 (7.8)

Addis Ababa (10)

230 (4.9)

Dire Dawa (11)

338 (7.2)

  Religion

Orthodox (1)

1538 (32.9)

Protestant (2)

959 (20.5)

Muslim (3)

2076 (44.4)

Catholic, traditional, and others (4)

103 (2.2)

 Household size

1–4 (small) (0)

1250 (26.7)

5–9 (medium) (1)

3165 (67.7)

10 and more (Large) (2)

261 (5.6)

  Household wealth index

Poorest (0)

1332 (28.5)

Poorer (1)

816 (17.5)

Middle (2)

754 (16.1)

Richer (3)

726 (15.5)

Richest (4)

1048 (22.4)

Child characteristics

n = 16,833 ( %)

  Sex of child

Male (1)

8624 (51.2)

Female (2)

8209 (48.8)

  Child is alive

Yes (1)

15,230 (90.5)

No (2)

1603 (9.5)