Table 2 Utilization of modern contraceptives among rural women in Ethiopia
Variables | Categories | Modern contraceptive | Total weighted frequency (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
No n = 4570(77.01%) | Yes (%) n = 1364(22.99) | |||
Age of women | 15–24 | 1994(83.5) | 394(16.50) | 2388(40.42) |
25–34 | 1322(68.71) | 602(31.29) | 1924(32.42) | |
> 35 | 1254(77.3) | 368(22.69) | 1622(27.33) | |
Marital status | Married | 2818(68.90) | 1272(31.70) | 4090(68.92) |
Not married | 1752(95.01) | 92(4.99) | 1844(31.08) | |
Religious | Orthodox | 1356(68.80) | 615(31.20) | 1971(33.22) |
Catholic | 42(70.00) | 18(30.00) | 60(1.01) | |
Protestant | 902(71.64) | 357(28.36) | 1259(21.22) | |
Muslim | 2205(86.00) | 359(14.00) | 2564(43.21) | |
Others | 65(81.25) | 15(18.75) | 80(1.35) | |
Parity | No parity | 1620(93.32) | 116(6.68) | 1738(29.26) |
Primi para | 398(60.86) | 256(39.14) | 654(11.02) | |
Multi para | 1524(68.01) | 717(31.99) | 2241(37.77) | |
Grand para | 1028(78.89) | 275(21.11) | 1303(21.96) | |
Women education status | No education | 2398(79.01) | 632(20.86) | 3030(51.01) |
Formal education | 2172(74.79) | 732(25.21) | 2904(48.94) | |
Number of the live child | No | 1666(93.07) | 124(6.93) | 1790(30.17) |
1–5 | 2117(67.40) | 1024(32.60) | 3141(52.93) | |
6–14 | 787(78.46) | 21621.54) | 1003(16.90) | |
Sons at home | No | 2181(85.13) | 381(14.87) | 2562(43.17) |
Yes | 2389(70.85) | 983(29.15) | 3372(56.83) | |
Daughters at home | No | 2303(84.67) | 417(15.33) | 2720(45.84) |
Yes | 2267(70.54) | 947(29.46) | 3214(54.16) | |
Wealth index | Poor | 2645(83.18) | 535(16.82) | 3180(53.59) |
Middle | 847(70.58) | 353(29.42) | 1200(20.22) | |
Rich | 1078(69.37) | 476(30.63) | 1554(26.19) | |
Household size | 1–5 | 1996(72.56) | 755(27.44) | 2751(46.36) |
6–10 | 2045(80.52) | 582(14.48) | 2987(50.34) | |
> 10 | 169(86.22) | 27(13.78) | 196(3.30) | |
Sex of household head | Male | 3420(73.95) | 1205(26.03) | 4625(77.94) |
Female | 1150(87.83) | 159(12.15) | 1309(22.06) | |
Number of children under five at home | No | 1786(83.61) | 350(16.39) | 2136(36.00) |
1–2 | 2439(71.59) | 968(28.41) | 3407(57.41) | |
3–5 | 345(88.24) | 46(11.76) | 391(6.59) | |
Community level variables | ||||
Region | Tigray | 431(76.55) | 132(23.45) | 663(9.49) |
Afar | 478(92.82) | 37(7.18) | 515(8.68) | |
Amhara | 554(67.1) | 264(32.59) | 810(13.65) | |
Oromia | 633(72.93) | 235(27.07) | 868(14.63) | |
Somalia | 480(98.56) | 7(1.44) | 487(8.21) | |
Benshangul | 462(72.53) | 175(27.47) | 637(10.73) | |
SNNPR | 635(68.95) | 286(31.05) | 921(15.52) | |
Gambella | 418(74.15) | 146(25.89) | 564(9.50) | |
Harari | 243(85.26) | 42(14.74) | 285(4.80) | |