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Table 1 The socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants, EDHS, 2019 (n = 3917)

From: Client retention in the continuum of maternal health services in Ethiopia

Variable		Continuum		Total
	Category	Complete f[%]	Not complete f[%]
Age	15–19	29[12.78]	198[87.22]	227[5.8]
	20–24	205[26.73]	562[73.27]	767[19.59]
	25–29	244[20.5]	946[79.5]	1190[30.4]
	30–34	163[20.48]	633[79.52]	796[20.33]
	35–39	110[18.68]	479[81.32]	589[15.04]
	40–44	43[16.73]	214[83.27]	257[6.56]
	45–49	19[21.35]	70[78.65]	89[2.27]
Marital status	Single	4[19.05]	16[76.19]	21[0.54]
	Married	769[20.92]	2907[79.08]	3676[93.85]
	Widowed	2[4.55]	41[93.18]	44[1.12]
	Divorced	38[21.59]	138[78.41]	176[4.49]
Sex of the child	Male	417[20.32]	1635[79.68]	2052[52.4]
	Female	397[21.3]	1468[78.76]	1864[47.6]
Residence	Urban	374[36.67]	646[63.33]	1020[26.04]
	Rural	440[15.19]	2457[84.81]	2897[73.96]
Mother's level of education	No education	242[12.04]	1768[87.96]	2010[51.31]
	Primary	322[22.82]	1089[77.18]	1411[36.02]
	Secondary	159[46.36]	184[53.64]	343[8.76]
	Higher	90[58.82]	62[40.52]	153[3.91]
Wealth quintile	Poorest	36[4.37]	787[95.63]	823[21.02]
	Poorer	107[13.02]	715[86.98]	822[20.99]
	Middle	112[14.72]	649[85.28]	761[19.43]
	Richer	182[25.89]	521[74.11]	703[17.95]
	Richest	377[46.72]	430[53.28]	807[20.61]
Sex of household head	Male	690[20.33]	2704[79.67]	3394[86.67]
Sex of household head	Female	124[23.75]	398[76.25]	522[13.33]
Ever had a child who died	No	696[22.79]	2358[77.21]	3054[77.97]
Ever had a child who died	Yes	118[13.67]	745[86.33]	863[22.03]

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