Individual and contextual-level factors associated with iron-folic acid supplement intake during pregnancy in Ethiopia: a multi-level analysis

Table 1 Characteristics of pregnant women in Ethiopia who gave birth within 5 years before the survey, mini-EDHS 2019

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percentage
Age in years	15–19	227	5.79
	20–24	768	19.58
	25–29	1912	30.37
	30–34	799	20.36
	35–39	590	15.04
	40–44	258	6.59
	45–49	89	2.27
Marital status	Single	241	6.16
Marital status	Married	3684	93.84
Place of residence	Urban	1026	26.14
Place of residence	Rural	2900	73.86
Educational status of a mother	No education	2014	51.30
	Primary	1414	36.03
	Secondary	344	8.79
	Higher	152	3.89
Wealth	Poorest	2,843	63.34
	Poorer	1,646	36.66
	Middle	1,924	45.35
	Richer	1,710	40.29
	Richest	393	9.27
Religion	Orthodox	1440	36.69
	Muslim	1339	34.12
	Protestant	1082	27.57
	Others	63	1.62
ANC visit	No	1013	25.81
	Yes	2913	74.19
Total numbers of living child	< 3	1583	40.33
	3–5	1537	39.17
	> 5	805	20.51
Region	Tigray	286	7.3
	Afar	51	1.3
	Amhara	839	21.38
	Oromia	1519	38.69
	Somali	210	5.55
	Benishangul	47	1.2
	SNN	787	20
	Gambela	19	0.49
	Harari	11	0.28
	Addis Ababa	126	3.22
	Dire Dewa	21	0.54
Cluster ANC follow up	Low	1818	46.31
Cluster ANC follow up	High	2108	53.69
Cluster below middle wealth	Low	1970	50.19
Cluster below middle wealth	High	1955	49.81
Cluster secondary above education	Low	2515	64.05
Cluster secondary above education	High	1411	35.95

Footnote: Cluster ANC follow up = Proportion of women who had ANC in a cluster, Cluster below middle wealth = Proportion of women blow the middle wealth quartile in a cluster, and Cluster above secondary = Proportion of women educated secondary and above in a cluster

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