Characteristics of the study participants by the status of family planning counselling in Ethiopia 2016 (n=1650)
| Variable | Category | Family planning counselling | |
| Not counselled (%) N=856 (51.9) | Counselled (%) N=794 (48.1) | ||
| Household wealth index | Lowest | 162 (18.9) | 155 (19.6) |
| Middle | 379 (44.3) | 306 (38.5) | |
| Highest | 315 (36.8) | 333 (41.9) | |
| Residence | Urban | 116 (13.5) | 139 (17.5) |
| Rural | 740 (86.5) | 655 (82.5) | |
| Region | Tigray | 67 (7.8) | 93 (11.8) |
| Amhara | 189 (22.1) | 174 (22.0) | |
| Oromia | 344 (34.4) | 299 (37.6) | |
| SNNPR | 165 (19.3) | 175 (22.0) | |
| Addis Ababa | 30 (3.5) | 25 (3.2) | |
| Others | 61 (7.2) | 27 (3.5) | |
| Women’s age | <25 years | 318 (37.2) | 231 (29.1) |
| 25–29 years | 269 (31.4) | 202 (25.4) | |
| ≥30 years | 269 (21.4) | 361 (45.5) | |
| Women’s educational level | No education | 447 (52.2) | 435 (54.8) |
| Primary | 314 (36.7) | 271 (34.2) | |
| Secondary and above | 95 (11.1) | 87 (11.0) | |
| Women’s current job | Not working | 542 (63.3) | 454 (57.2) |
| Working | 314 (36.7) | 340 (42.8) | |
| Religion | Christian | 477 (55.7) | 505 (63.6) |
| Muslim | 362 (42.3) | 273 (34.4) | |
| Others | 17 (2.0) | 16 (2.0) | |
| Women’s decision-making autonomy | No autonomy | 308 (39.0) | 262 (34.1) |
| Having autonomy | 481 (61.0) | 506 (65.9) | |
| Parity | Primiparity | 240 (28.5) | 165 (20.8) |
| Multiparity | 431 (50.4) | 419 (52.8) | |
| Grand multiparity | 181 (21.1) | 210 (26.4) | |
| Wantedness of the last pregnancy | Unintended | 232 (27.1) | 217 (27.3) |
| Intended | 624 (72.9) | 577 (72.7) | |
| Sex of the last child | Male | 419 (49.0) | 402 (50.7) |
| Female | 437 (51.0) | 391 (49.3) | |
| Survival status of the last child | Died | 20 (2.3) | 21 (2.7) |
| Alive | 836 (97.7) | 772 (97.3) | |
| ANC visits for the last pregnancy | No | 200 (23.4) | 146 (18.4) |
| Yes | 654 (76.6) | 648 (81.6) | |
| Place of delivery for the last birth | Home | 472 (56.2) | 401 (51.6) |
| Health facility | 368 (43.8) | 376 (48.4) | |
| PNC visits following the last birth | No | 642 (75.9) | 561 (71.9) |
| Yes | 180 (24.1) | 199 (28.1) | |
| Interview time/postpartum period | 0–6 months | 468 (54.7) | 466 (58.7) |
| 7–12 months | 388 (45.3) | 328 (41.3) | |
| Fertility intention | No more | 288 (33.8) | 340 (43.0) |
| Have another | 565 (66.2) | 451 (57.0) | |
| Receiving family planning messages from media | No | 648 (75.6) | 505 (63.6) |
| Yes | 208 (24.4) | 289 (36.4) | |
| Have health insurance | No | 834 (97.4) | 737 (92.9) |
| Yes | 22 (2.6) | 56 (7.1) | |
| Distance to a health facility | A big problem | 501 (58.6) | 409 (51.6) |
| Not a big problem | 355 (41.4) | 385 (48.4) | |
ANC, antenatal care; PNC, postnatal care; SNNPR, South, Nation, Nationalities and Peoples’ Region.