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Table 3 Socio economic and information related factors among reproductive age women high fertility countries in SSA (n = 186,771)

From: Time to first birth and its predictors among reproductive age women in high fertility countries in Sub-Saharan Africa: Inverse Weibull gamma shared frailty model

Variables

Categories

Weighted frequency

Weighted percentage

Educational status of the respondents

No formal education

78169

41.85

Primary education

43264

23.16

Secondary and above

65338

34.98

Educational status of the partner

No formal education

62561

33.50

Primary education

23411

12.53

Secondary and above

100799

53.97

Occupation of the respondent

No working

53239

28.50

Agricultural employee

48580

26.01

Nonagricultural employee

84952

45.48

Occupation of the partners

No working

4122

2.21

Agricultural employee

61679

33.02

Nonagricultural employee

120970

64.77

Wealth index

Poor

68873

36.88

Middle

36003

19.28

Rich

81895

43.85

Media exposure

Yes

118920

63.67

No

67851

36.33

Hearing family planning massage on media

Yes

132333

70.85

No

54438

29.15

Modern contraceptive use

Yes

26348

14.11

No

160423

85.89

Demand for contraceptive

No demand

64001

34.27

Unmet need

35719

19.12

Meet need

87051

46.61