Table 2

Trends of home delivery among women who gave birth preceding the survey by women characteristics, 2005, 2011 and 2016 EDHS

Individual variables	EDHS 2005 n=10 721	EDHS 2011 n=11 872	EDHS 2016 n=10 889	Percentage point difference in home delivery
Individual variables	EDHS 2005 n=10 721	EDHS 2011 n=11 872	EDHS 2016 n=10 889	2011–2005	2016–2011	2016–2005
Mother’s age (years)
<20	93.95	91.16	64.97	−2.79	−26.19	−28.98
20–34	94.16	88.49	72.33	−5.67	−16.16	−21.83
35–49	96.67	93.91	79.14	−2.76	−14.77	−17.53
Household head
Male	95.51	90.20	74.55	−5.31	−15.65	−20.96
Female	88.77	89.90	66.59	1.13	−23.31	−22.18
Marital status
Had not a partner	90.51	86.17	66.06	−4.34	−20.11	−24.45
Had partner	94.99	90.31	73.94	−4.68	−16.37	−21.05
Religion
Orthodox	92.70	84.63	79.91	−8.07	−4.72	−12.79
Muslim	97.09	93.60	79.76	−3.49	−13.84	−17.33
Protestant	94.69	92.90	75.45	−1.79	−17.45	−19.24
Others	98.26	94.58	90.42	−3.68	−4.16	−7.84
Women education
Illiterate	97.79	95.26	83.91	−2.53	−11.35	−13.88
Primary education	92.22	85.05	62.65	−7.17	−22.4	−29.57
Secondary education	50.58	30.41	22.03	−20.17	−8.38	−28.55
Higher education	18.20	24.47	8.53	6.27	−15.94	−9.67
Husband education
Illiterate	98.29	95.74	83.03	−2.55	−12.71	−15.26
Primary education	95.20	89.95	75.53	−5.25	−14.42	−19.67
Secondary education	78.17	64.99	39.61	−13.18	−25.38	−38.56
Higher education	37.94	45.05	19.06	7.11	−25.99	−18.88
Women occupation
Not working	94.95	90.23	76.05	−4.72	−14.18	−18.9
Working	94.36	89.90	70.18	−4.46	−19.72	−24.18
Husband occupation
Not working	65.89	89.81	75.61	23.92	−14.2	9.72
Working	95.37	90.06	70.58	−5.31	−19.48	−24.79
Health facility distance
Big problem	96.97	94.36	82.13	−2.61	−12.23	−14.84
Not a big problem	88.43	76.83	60.10	−11.6	−16.73	−28.33
Had ANC
No	98.19	96.88	91.50	−1.31	−5.38	−6.69
Yes	82.34	76.64	53.68	−5.7	−22.96	−28.66
Birth order
1	86.83	79.04	51.01	−7.79	−28.03	−35.82
2–4	95.01	90.19	72.94	−4.82	−17.25	−22.07
≥5	97.94	95.51	84.85	−2.43	−10.66	−13.09
Parity
≤2	87.89	80.62	52.83	−7.27	−27.79	−35.06
2–5	94.52	92.29	78.06	−2.23	−14.23	−16.46
≥5⁺	98.03	96.06	86.45	−1.97	−9.61	−11.58
Wealth status
Poor	99.08	97.38	85.29	−1.7	−12.09	−13.79
Middle	98.14	96.87	77.39	−1.27	−19.48	−20.75
Rich	87.26	76.31	53.98	−10.95	−22.33	−33.28
Residence
Urban	56.94	50.18	20.60	−6.76	−29.58	−36.34
Rural	97.67	95.95	80.07	−1.72	−15.88	−17.6
Region
Tigray	94.12	88.36	41.87	−5.76	−46.49	−52.25
Afar	95.95	93.19	85.28	−2.76	−7.91	−10.67
Amhara	96.49	89.82	72.46	−6.67	−17.36	−24.03
Oromia	95.75	92.00	81.10	−3.75	−10.9	−14.65
Somali	95.23	92.40	82.07	−2.83	−10.33	−13.16
Benishangul	94.67	90.89	74.04	−3.78	−16.85	−20.63
SNNPR	96.30	93.79	73.95	−2.51	−19.84	−22.35
Gambela	84.26	72.48	54.38	−11.78	−18.1	−29.88
Harari	68.20	67.63	49.59	−0.57	−18.04	−18.61
Addis Ababa	21.84	17.66	2.98	−4.18	−14.68	−18.86
Dire Dawa	74.90	60.27	42.81	−14.63	−17.46	−32.09
Prevalence 95% CI	95	90	73	−5	−17	−22
Prevalence 95% CI	94.3 to 95.2	89.5 to 90.6	72.6 to 74.3	–4.8 to –4.6	–16.9 to –16.3	–21.7 to –20.9

ANC, antenatal care; EDHS, Ethiopian Demographic and Health Surveys; SNNPR, Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples of Region.