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Table 1 Distribution of currently married women’s desire to limit, sterilized, postpartum amenorrhea, declared in-fecund, in-fecund & menopausal by region in Ethiopia, 2011

From: Promoting family planning use after childbirth and desire to limit childbearing in Ethiopia

Region

No. of women

Desire to limit (no more children)

Sterilized (respondent or partner)

Fecund

Postpartum amenorrhoea

Declared in-fecund

In-fecund & menopausal

Tigray

637

172 (27)

2 (0.3)

261 (3.9)

219 (3.2)

6 (0.9)

78 (1.2)

Affar

443

57 (13)

-

160 (2.4)

137 (2.0)

7 (1.6)

71 (1.1)

Amhara

999

376 (37.8)

4 (0.4)

460 (6.8)

293 (4.3)

28 (2.8)

166 (2.5)

Oromiya

1081

378 (35)

3 (0.3)

409 (6.1)

366 (5.4)

18 (1.7)

172 (2.6)

Somali

364

33 (9.1)

-

146 (2.2)

107 (1.6)

2 (0.6)

33 (0.5)

B & G

628

207 (33.1)

1 (0.2)

257 (3.8)

173 (2.6)

15 (2.4)

97 (1.4)

SNNP

928

359 (38.9)

5 (0.5)

362 (5.4)

314 (4.7)

4 (0.4)

104 (1.5)

Gambela

409

110 (26.9)

2 (0.5)

199 (3.0)

105 (1.6)

6 (1.5)

66 (1.0)

Harari

453

153 (33.8)

2 (0.4)

216 (3.2)

92 (1.4)

6 (1.3)

91 (1.3)

Addis Ababa

393

124 (31.6)

8 (2.0)

228 (3.4)

54(0.8)

9 (2.3)

79 (1.2)

Dire Dawa

410

150 (36.6)

1 (0.2)

173 (2.6)

100 (1.5)

7 (1.7)

74 (1.1)

Total

6745

2119 (31.5)

28 (0.4)

2871 (42.6)

1960 (29.1)

108 (1.6)

1031 (15.3)

  1. Note: Based on the couples’ record 2011 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey data was estimated.