Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of reproductive age women, southern and eastern regions of Ethiopia
Variables | Characteristics | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Age of respondent | \(\le\) 24 | 464 | 26.1 |
25–29 | 576 | 32.4 | |
30–34 | 360 | 20.2 | |
\(\ge\) 35 | 380 | 21.3 | |
Educational attainment | No education | 1065 | 59.8 |
Primary education | 503 | 28.3 | |
Secondary and above | 212 | 11.9 | |
Media in home | Yes | 1128 | 63.4 |
No | 652 | 36.6 | |
Place of residence | Urban | 467 | 26.2 |
Rural | 1313 | 73.8 | |
Region | Afar | 387 | 21.7 |
Somali | 340 | 19.1 | |
SNNPR | 466 | 26.2 | |
Harari | 307 | 17.2 | |
Dire Dawa | 280 | 15.7 | |
Marital status | unmarried/in relationship | 15 | 0.8 |
Married | 1671 | 93.9 | |
widowed/divorced/separated | 94 | 5.3 | |
Wealth index | Poor | 942 | 52.9 |
Middle | 177 | 9.9 | |
Rich | 661 | 37.1 |