Table 1 Percentage distribution of women autonomy in making decisions for health care currently married women by women characteristics in Ethiopia, 2016
Variables | Women autonomy in making decision for health care | |
|---|---|---|
No (%) | Yes (%) | |
Residence | ||
Rural | 1749 (20.4) | 6815 (79.6) |
Urban | 150 (9) | 1256 (91) |
Region | ||
Tigray | 104 (15.8) | 553 (84.2) |
Afar | 27 (28.8) | 68 (71.2) |
Amhara | 313 (13.0) | 2100 (87.0) |
Oromia | 805 (20.2) | 3182 (79.8) |
Somali | 78 (24.1) | 245 (75.9) |
Benishangul | 23 (20.3) | 90 (79.7) |
SNNPRs | 507 (23.3) | 1666 (76.7) |
Gambella | 6 (20.6) | 23 (79.6) |
Harari | 2 (8.4) | 22 (91.6) |
Addis Ababa | 25 (7.2) | 329 (92.8) |
Dire-Dawa | 7 (15.6) | 43 (84.4) |
Education status | ||
No education | 1302 (20.8) | 4951 (79.2) |
Primary | 509 (17.6) | 2386 (82.4) |
Secondary | 55 (8.5) | 599 (91.5) |
Higher | 33 (7.8) | 599 (92.2) |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 608 (14.7) | 3531 (85.3) |
Muslim | 762 (21.5) | 2777 (78.5) |
Catholic | 9 (12.5) | 66 (87.5) |
Protestant | 458 (20) | 1831 (80) |
Others | 61 (36.1) | 108 (63.9) |
Maternal age (years) | ||
15–24 | 458 (19.9) | 1839 (80.1) |
25–34 | 746 (16.8) | 3705 (83.2) |
≥ 35 | 695 (20) | 2779 (80) |
Husband education | ||
No | 953 (20.3) | 3732 (79.7) |
Primary | 694 (18.4) | 3078 (81.6) |
Secondary | 150 (15.4) | 825 (84.6) |
Higher | 89 (12.6) | 623 (87.4) |
Wealth status | ||
Poorest | 463 (23.7) | 1489 (76.3) |
Poorer | 467 (22.5) | 1607 (77.5) |
Middle | 391 (19.0) | 1666 (81.0) |
Richer | 365 (18.3) | 1634 (81.7) |
Richest | 213 (9.9) | 1927 (90.1) |
Frequency of reading newspaper | ||
Not at all | 1827 (19.5) | 7531 (80.5) |
Less than once a week | 55 (8.7) | 585 (91.3) |
At least once a week | 17 (7.6) | 208 (92.4) |
Frequency of listening to the radio | ||
Not at all | 1410 (19.8) | 5711 (80.2) |
Less than once a week | 285 (18.2) | 1278 (81.8) |
At least once a week | 204 (13.3) | 1334 (86.7) |
Frequency of watching television | ||
Not at all | 1550 (19.7) | 6328 (80.3) |
Less than once a week | 225 (20.3) | 885 (79.7) |
At least once a week | 124 (10) | 1111 (90) |
Covered by health insurance | ||
No | 1821 (18.8) | 7891 (81.2) |
Yes | 78 (15.3) | 433 (84.7) |
Respondent working status | ||
Not working | 1458 (20.7) | 5602 (79.3) |
Working | 441 (13.9) | 2722 (86.1) |
Overall prevalence | 18.6% (95% CI: 17.8, 19.3) | 81.4% (95% CI: 80.6, 82.2) |