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Table 1 Basic characteristics of the pastoralist married women: (n = 891)

From: Validation of family planning tool in the pastoralist community

Variables

Number

Maternal agea(years)

26.74(±6.45)

Husband agea(years)

34.74(±10.08)

Able to read and write a simple

 Yes

203(22.8)

 No

688(77.2)

Are you a single wife to her husband

 Yes

670(75.2)

 No

221(24.8)

Distance to the nearest health facility

 Less than 1 h

461(51.7)

 1 h and above

430(48.3)

Number of current children

 1–2

277(34.8)

 3–4

275(34.6)

 5+

238(29.9)

History of having an abortion(n = 808)

 Yes

176(21.8)

 No

632(78.2)

Birth interval for their last consecutive birth

 Short

495(70.4)

 Optimal

208(29.6)

 Current use of Family planning

 Yes

167(18.7)

 No

724(81.3)

Place of delivery for the last child(n = 788)

 Home

514(65.2)

 Health facility

274(34.8)

ANC visit for their last recent pregnancy

 No ANC visit

369(41.4)

 1–3 visit

277(31.1)

 4 and above

245(27.5)

Want to have another child for the future

 Yes

687(77.7)

 No (undecided, no more and says she cannot pregnant)

204(22.8)

  1. aMean (SD)