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Table 1 Percentage distribution of characteristics of respondents in 2005, 2011 and 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Surveys

From: Decomposition and Spatio-temporal analysis of health care access challenges among reproductive age women in Ethiopia, 2005–2016

Variables

EDHS 2005 (n = 14,062)

EDHS 2011(n = 16,490)

EDHS 2016(n = 15,683)

Weighted frequency (%)

Weighted frequency (%)

Weighted frequency (%)

Region

 Tigray

917 (6.5)

1102 (6.7)

1129 (7.2)

 Afar

146 (1.0)

145 (0.9)

128 (0.8)

 Amhara

3482 (24.8)

4422 (26.8)

3714 (23.7)

 Oromia

5008 (35.6)

6005 (36.4)

5701 (36.4)

 Somali

486 (3.5)

328 (2.0)

459 (2.9)

 Benishangul

124 (0.9)

173 (1.1)

160 (1.0)

 SNNPRs

2992 (21.3)

3232 (19.6)

3288 (21.0)

 Gambela

44 (0.3)

69 (0.4)

44 (0.3)

 Harari

39 (0.3)

48 (0.3)

38 (0.3)

 Addis ababa

756 (5.4)

895 (5.4)

930 (5.9)

 Dire dawa

69 (0.5)

69 (0.4)

90 (0.6)

Residence

 Rural

11,565 (82.3)

12,554 (76.1)

12,207 (77.8)

 Urban

2497 (17.7)

3936 (23.9)

3476 (22.2)

Religion

 Orthodox

6915 (49.2)

7826 (47.5)

6786 (43.3)

 Muslim

4008 (28.5)

4584 (27.8)

4893 (31.2)

 Protestant

2652 (18.9)

3634 (22.0)

3674 (23.4)

 Others

487 (3.4)

446 (2.7)

330 (2.1)

Maternal age (in years)

 15–24

5809 (41.3)

6935 (42.1)

6143 (39.2)

 25–34

4321 (30.7)

5190 (31.5)

5302 (33.8)

 35–49

3932 (28.0)

4365 (26.5)

4238 (27.0)

Maternal education

 No education

9269 (65.9)

8384 (50.8)

7498 (47.8)

 Primary

3120 (22.2)

6265 (38.0)

5490 (35.0)

 Secondary and above

1673 (11.9)

1841 (11.2)

2695 (17.2)

Husband education

 No education

6396 (45.5)

5947 (36.1)

4685 (29.9)

 Primary

2725 (19.4)

4579 (27.8)

3772 (24.0)

 Secondary and above

4941 (35.1)

5964 (36.2)

7226 (46.1)

Marital status

 Never married

3510 (25.0)

4465 (27.1)

4036 (25.7)

 Married/living together

9064 (64.5)

10,271 (62.3)

10,223 (65.2)

 Divorced/widowed/separated

1488 (10.5)

1754 (10.6)

1423 (9.1)

Wealth status

 Poor

5069 (36.1)

6019 (36.5)

5442 (34.7)

 Middle

2731 (19.4)

3027 (18.4)

2978 (19.0)

 Rich

6262 (44.5)

7444 (45.1)

7263 (46.3)

Visiting health facility in the last 12 months

 No

10,588 (75.3)

11,073 (67.2)

9157 (58.4)

 Yes

3474 (24.7)

5417 (32.8)

6526 (41.6)

Having ANC follow up

 No

5224 (71.5)

4512 (57.2)

2818 (37.1)

 Yes

2081 (28.5)

3383 (42.8)

4771 (62.9)

Place of delivery

 Home

6804 (93.1)

6943 (87.9)

5066 (66.8)

 Health facility

501 (6.9)

952 (12.1)

2523 (33.2)

Occupation status

 Working

3980 (71.7)

6203 (37.6)

5220 (33.3)

 Not working

10,082 (28.3)

10,287 (62.4)

10,463 (66.7)

Contraceptive use and intention

 Using modern method

1361 (9.7)

3077 (18.7)

3899 (24.9)

 Using traditional method

92 (0.7)

146 (0.9)

75 (0.5)

 No-user and intend to use latter

6772 (48.1)

8097 (49.1)

6470 (41.2)

 Does not intend to use

5837 (41.5)

5170 (31.3)

5239 (33.4)

Household head

 Male

11,109 (79.0)

12,477 (75.7)

11,960 (76.3)

 Female

2953 (21.0)

4013 (24.3)

3723 (23.7)

Preceding birth interval (in years)

  <  2

1660 (11.8)

1556 (9.4)

1698 (10.8)

  ≥ 2

12,402 (88.2)

14,934 (90.6)

13,985 (89.2)

Currently pregnant

 No

12,879 (91.6)

15,285 (92.7)

14,548 (92.8)

 Yes

1183 (8.4)

1205 (7.3)

1135 (7.2)

Media exposure

 No

7558 (53.7)

5295 (32.1)

8127 (51.8)

 Yes

6504 (46.3)

11,195 (67.9)

7556 (48.2)