Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study population in Ethiopia, EDHS 2016

Region

Tigray

409

10.67

290

7.19

Afar

367

9.58

41

1.01

Amhara

332

8.66

699

17.32

Oromia

591

15.42

1827

45.28

Somali

517

13.49

175

4.34

Benishangul

305

7.96

43

1.05

SNNPR

463

12.08

832

20.61

Gambela

253

6.6

10

0.24

Harari

226

5.9

10

0.24

Addis Ababa

173

4.51

92

2.29

Dire Dawa

196

5.11

17

0.42

Marital status

Never in union

3604

94.05

3801

94.17

Married

74

1.93

80

1.97

Widowed

30

0.78

26

0.64

Divorced

91

2.37

84

2.09

Others

33

0.86

45

1.12

Maternal Age

15–19

259

6.76

260

6.45

20–24

945

24.66

918

22.76

25–29

1098

28.65

1181

29.26

30–34

801

20.9

868

21.51

35–39

521

13.6

558

13.81

40–44

165

4.31

191

4.73

45–49

43

1.12

60

1.48

Religion

Orthodox

1109

28.94

1328

32.89

Muslim

1946

50.78

1708

42.32

Protestant

681

17.77

845

20.95

Others

96

2.51

155

3.84

Maternal occupation

Not working

2377

62.03

2380

58.97

Sale

374

9.76

447

11.08

Agree employment

684

17.85

813

20.13

Others

397

10.36

396

9.82

Maternal Education

No education

2307

60.2

2485

61.59

Primary

1056

27.56

1220

30.24

Secondary

308

8.04

230

5.69

Higher

161

4.2

100

2.49

Residence

Urban

744

19.42

454

11.25

Rural

3088

80.58

3581

88.75

Sex of new born

Male

1919

50.08

1969

48.79

Female

1913

49.92

2067

51.21

Wealth index

Poor

2036

53.13

1878

47.52

Middle

534

13.94

846

20.96

Rich

1262

32.93

1312

32.51