Proximate determinants of fertility in Ethiopia; an application of revised Bongaarts model

Table 2 Estimated Indices of the Proximate Determinants and Total Fertility Rates of the selected variables, Ethiopia, EDHS 2016

Selected variables	Indices of proximate determinants of fertility
Selected variables	Cm	Cc	Ci	Cfw	TF	TFR
Regions
Tigray	0.648	0.639	0.590	0.888	15.3	3.319
Afar	0.752	0.881	0.660	0.946	15.3	6.329
Amhara	0.698	0.578	0.593	0.863	15.3	3.159
Oromia	0.708	0.711	0.612	0.921	15.3	4.341
Somali	0.760	0.984	0.746	0.962	15.3	8.211
Benishangul	0.748	0.714	0.570	0.966	15.3	4.499
SNNPR	0.687	0.598	0.588	0.908	15.3	3.356
Gambela	0.683	0.637	0.629	0.956	15.3	4.003
Harari	0.642	0.718	0.733	0.952	15.3	4.921
Addis Ababa	0.362	0.437	0.862	0.714	15.3	1.490
Dire Dawa	0.533	0.725	0.625	0.909	15.3	3.359
Wealth quintile
Lowest	0.783	0.808	0.588	0.870	15.3	4.952
Second	0.760	0.694	0.581	0.914	15.3	4.285
Middle	0.713	0.633	0.583	0.899	15.3	3.619
Fourth	0.694	0.591	0.664	0.894	15.3	3.725
Highest	0.493	0.518	0.803	0.592	15.3	1.857
Education
No education	0.311	0.694	0.580	0.709	15.3	1.358
Primary	0.608	0.590	0.637	0.766	15.3	2.678
Secondary	0.490	0.481	0.803	0.838	15.3	2.427
Higher	0.338	0.488	0.855	0.860	15.3	1.856
Residence
Urban	0.428	0.496	0.826	0.575	15.3	1.543
Rural	0.640	0.668	0.592	0.659	15.3	2.552

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