Table 1 Percentage distribution of socio-demographic characteristics of respondents from 2000–2019 EDHS

Age of the women

15–19

4.55

5.15

4.14

3.43

4.76

20–34

69.16

69.12

71.61

71.76

72.02

35–49

26.29

25.73

24.25

24.81

23.22

Maternal educational status

Non-educated

82.07

79.17

69.3

66.08

53.58

Primary education

13.02

16.62

27.05

26.77

35.4

Secondary or higher

4.9

4.21

3.66

7.15

11.02

Marital status

In Union

91.22

93.19

87.41

93.79

93.88

Not in Union

8.78

6.81

12.59

6.21

6.12

Place of residency

Urban

10.41

7.3

12.87

11.03

24.73

rural

89.59

92.7

87.13

88.97

75.27

Region

Addis Ababa

1.49

1.37

1.87

2.21

2.83

Dira Dawa

0.33

0.33

0.33

0.43

0.54

Tigray

6.42

6.25

6.34

6.49

6.72

Afar

1.03

0.96

1.02

1.04

1.55

Amhara

26.12

23.48

22.37

18.8

19

Oromiya

40.78

39.51

42.23

44.01

40

Somali

1.16

4.28

3.07

4.61

7.39

Benishangul-Gumuz

1.01

0.94

1.18

1.1

1.22

SNNPR

21.22

22.39

21.01

20.83

20.01

Gambella

0.24

0.28

0.34

0.24

0.45

Harari

0.21

0.2

0.24

0.23

0.3