Predictor variables with categories | Frequency (n=2235) | Percentage |
Region | ||
Tigray | 281 | 12.6 |
Afar | 180 | 8.1 |
Amhara | 281 | 12.6 |
Oromia | 259 | 11.6 |
Somalia | 57 | 2.6 |
Benishangul | 212 | 9.5 |
SNNPR | 240 | 10.7 |
Gambela | 175 | 7.8 |
Harari | 202 | 9 |
Addis Abeba | 167 | 7.5 |
Dire Dawa | 181 | 8.1 |
Residence | ||
Urban | 705 | 31.5 |
Rural | 1530 | 68.5 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 884 | 39.6 |
Protestant | 402 | 18 |
Muslim | 919 | 41.1 |
Others | 30 | 1.3 |
Current marital status | ||
Single | 37 | 1.7 |
Married | 2050 | 91.7 |
Widowed | 18 | 0.8 |
Divorced | 86 | 3.8 |
Separated | 44 | 2 |
Wealth quantile | ||
Poorest | 423 | 18.9 |
Poorer | 384 | 17.2 |
Middle | 364 | 16.3 |
Richer | 353 | 15.8 |
Richest | 711 | 31.8 |
Education level of mother | ||
No education | 943 | 42.2 |
Primary | 827 | 37 |
Secondary | 290 | 13 |
Higher | 175 | 7.8 |
Age of mother | ||
15–20 years | 120 | 5.4 |
20–29 years | 1222 | 54.7 |
30–39 years | 741 | 33.2 |
40–49 years | 152 | 6.8 |
Family size | ||
1–4 | 800 | 35.3 |
5–9 | 1333 | 59.6 |
≥10 | 102 | 4.6 |
Parity | ||
1–4 | 1668 | 74.6 |
5–9 | 531 | 23.8 |
≥10 | 36 | 1.6 |
Gravidity (total children ever born) | ||
1–4 | 1597 | 71.5 |
≥5 | 638 | 28.5 |
ANC visit | ||
0–3 times | 916 | 41 |
≥ 4 times | 1319 | 59 |
Birth interval | ||
1–2 years | 1017 | 45.5 |
3–4 years | 580 | 26 |
≥5 years | 638 | 28.5 |
Distance from health facilities | ||
Not-big problem | 647 | 28.9 |
Big problem | 1588 | 71.1 |
Sex of household head | ||
Male | 1776 | 79.5 |
Female | 459 | 20.5 |
Media exposure | ||
Not have exposure | 1553 | 69.5 |
Had exposure | 682 | 30.5 |
Age of household head | ||
15–19 | 17 | 0.8 |
20–29 | 526 | 23.5 |
30–39 | 874 | 39.1 |
39+ | 818 | 36.6 |
ANC, antenatal care; SNNPR, Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Region.