Table 1 Summary of the sociodemographic variables
Background characteristics | Study region | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Afar (n = 643) | Benishangul-Gumuz (n = 794) | Gambela (n = 752) | Somali (n = 702) | Total (n = 2891) | |
Residence | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Urban | 175 (27.2) | 142 (17.9) | 224 (29.8) | 215 (30.6) | 756 (26.2) |
 Rural | 468 (72.8) | 652 (82.1) | 528 (70.2) | 487 (69.4) | 2135 (73.8) |
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No education | 504 (78.4) | 305 (38.4) | 219 (29.1) | 497 (70.8) | 1525 (52.7) |
 Primary | 107 (16.6) | 318 (40.1) | 279 (37.1) | 95 (13.5) | 799 (27.6) |
 Secondary | 17 (2.6) | 93 (11.7) | 178 (23.7) | 72 (10.3) | 360 (12.5) |
 Above secondary | 15 (2.3) | 78 (9.8) | 76 (10.1) | 38 (5.4) | 207 (7.2) |
Average age, in years (SD) | 27.2 (6.66) | 27.5 (8.17) | 25.04 (7.24) | 27.16 (7.30) | 26.85 (7.50) |
Partner’s education |  |  |  |  |  |
 No education | 414 (64.4) | 207 (26.1) | 170 (22.6) | 359 (51.1) | 1150 (39.8) |
 Primary | 77 (12) | 238 (30) | 113 (15) | 36 (5.1) | 464 (16.1) |
 Secondary | 27 (4.2) | 97 (12.2) | 125 (16.6) | 57 (8.1) | 306 (10.6) |
 Above secondary | 28 (4.4) | 94 (11.8) | 181 (24.1) | 53 (7.5) | 356 (12.3) |
 Not applicable | 97 (15.1) | 158 (19.9) | 163 (21.7) | 197 (28.1) | 615 (21.3) |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Never married | 142 (22.1) | 102 (12.8) | 140 (18.6) | 148 (21.1) | 532 (18.4) |
 Married/cohabited | 478 (74.3) | 636 (80.1) | 591 (78.6) | 506 (72.1) | 2211 (76.5) |
 Divorced//widowed | 23 (3.6) | 56 (7.1) | 21 (2.8) | 48 (6.8) | 148 (5.1) |
Exposure to radio or TV | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Yes | 253 (39.3) | 322 (40.6) | 152 (20.2) | 250 (35.6) | 977 (33.8) |
 No | 390 (60.7) | 472 (59.4) | 600 (79.8) | 452 (64.4) | 1914 (66.2) |
Family income | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Lowest | 154 (24.0) | 159 (20.0) | 156 (20.7) | 227 (32.3) | 696 (24.1) |
 Second | 109 (17.0) | 194 (24.4) | 148 (19.7) | 110 (15.7) | 561 (19.4) |
 Middle | 137 (21.3) | 185 (23.3) | 198 (26.3) | 98 (14.0) | 618 (21.4) |
 Fourth | 122 (19.0) | 101 (12.7) | 112 (14.9) | 138 (19.7) | 473 (16.4) |
 Higher | 121 (18.8) | 155 (19.5) | 138 (18.4) | 129 (18.4) | 543 (18.8) |
Religion | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Muslim | 622 (96.7) | 387 (48.7) | 26 (3.5) | 678 (96.6) | 1713 (59.3) |
 Protestant  Orthodox  Catholic  Other | 2 (0.3) 19 (3) 0 (0) 0 (0) | 106 (13.4) 276 (34.8) 5 (0.6) 20 (2.5) | 598 (79.5) 80 (10.6) 14 (1.9) 34 (4.5) | 2 (0.3) 21 (3) 1 (.1) 0 (0) | 708 (24.5) 396 (13.7) 20 (0.7) 54 (1.9) |
Attend religious services | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 At least once a day | 323 (50.2) | 93 (11.7) | 240 (31.9) | 104 (14.8) | 760 (26.3) |
 At least once a week | 167 (25.9) | 557 (70.2) | 443 (58.9) | 385 (54.8) | 1552 (53.7) |
 At least once a month | 59 (9.2) | 30 (3.8) | 55 (7.3) | 111 (15.8) | 255 (8.8) |
 Never/few times a year | 94 (14.6) | 114 (14.4) | 14 (1.9) | 102 (14.5) | 324 (11.2) |
Employment status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Housewife  Pastoralist  Farmer  Student  House maid  Private business  Employed  Daily laborer | 450 (70.2) 153 (23.9) 12 (1.9) 36 (5.6) 0 (0.0) 28 (4.4) 30 (4.7) 2 (0.3) | 324 (41.0) 8 (1.0) 320 (40.5) 112 (14.2) 4 (0.5) 55 (7.0) 51 (6.5) 2 (0.3) | 393 (52.6) 3 (0.4) 52 (7.0) 281 (37.6) 4 (0.5) 48 (6.4) 82 (11) 7 (0.9) | 478 (68.8) 39 (5.6) 12 (1.7) 74 (10.6) 5 (0.7) 56 (8.1) 36 (5.1) 11 (1.6) | 1645 (51.9) 203 (6.4) 396 (12.5) 503 (15.9) 13 (0.4) 187 (5.9) 199 (6.3)) 22 (0.7) |
Prior contraceptive use | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Yes  No | 109 (16.9) 534 (83.1) | 517 (65.1) 277 (34.9) | 272 (36.2) 480 (63.8) | 111 (15.8) 591 (84.2) | 1009 (34.9) 1882 (65.1) |
Intend to use | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
contraceptives  Yes  No | 140 (21.8) 503 (78.2) | 595 (74.9) 199 (25.1) | 377 (50.1) 375 (49.9) | 141 (20.1) 561 (79.9) | 1253 (43.3) 1638 (56.7) |