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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of antenatal care survey participants, Ethiopia

From: Disparities in the use of antenatal care service in Ethiopia over a period of fifteen years

Characteristics

2000

2005

2011

Weighted

Unweighted

Weighted

Unweighted

Weighted

Unweighted

 

Number

%

Number

%

Number

%

Number

%

Number

%

Number

%

Residence

            

 Urban

908

11.4

1286

17.8

634

8.7

1054

16.0

1188

15.0

1513

19.5

 Rural

7070

88.6

5959

82.2

6674

91.3

5535

84.0

6720

85.0

6251

80.5

Region

            

 Tigray

536

6.7

751

10.4

480

6.6

671

10.2

530

6.7

847

10.9

 Amhara

2224

27.9

1128

15.6

1856

25.4

1032

15.7

1991

25.2

965

12.4

 Oromiya

3059

38.3

1343

18.5

2723

37.3

1211

18.4

3116

39.4

1100

14.2

 SNNPR

1695

21.2

1037

14.3

1632

22.3

1129

17.1

1634

20.7

1053

13.6

 Afar,Harari,Somali

186

2.3

1210

16.7

372

5.1

1112

16.9

295

3.7

1713

22.1

 Ben-Gumuz,Gambela

103

1.3

991

13.7

92

1.3

845

12.8

123

1.6

1282

16.5

 Addis Ababa,Dire Dawa

175

2.2

785

10.8

153

2.1

589

8.9

219

2.8

804

10.4

Education

            

 No education

6550

82.1

5732

79.1

5734

78.5

4956

75.2

5270

66.6

5184

66.8

 Primary education

1003

12.6

933

12.9

1205

16.5

1060

16.1

2270

28.7

2095

27.0

 Secondary and higher

425

5.3

580

8.0

368

5.0

573

8.7

368

4.7

485

6.2

Age

            

 15-19

472

5.9

434

6.0

440

6.0

437

6.6

402

5.1

416

5.4

 20-24

1727

21.6

1516

20.9

1473

20.2

1384

21.0

1608

20.3

1596

20.6

 25-29

2028

25.4

1936

26.7

1961

26.8

1810

27.5

2383

30.1

2292

29.5

 30-34

1496

18.7

1413

19.5

1428

19.5

1258

19.1

1489

18.8

1507

19.4

 35-39

1219

15.3

1125

15.5

1138

15.6

1000

15.2

1239

15.7

1203

15.5

 40-44

706

8.9

576

8.0

578

7.9

478

7.3

571

7.2

550

7.1

 45-49

330

4.1

245

3.4

290

4.0

222

3.4

216

2.7

200

2.6

Religion

            

 Orthodox

4057

50.9

3234

44.6

3262

44.6

2774

42.1

3327

42.1

2694

34.7

 Protestant

1232

15.4

997

13.8

1404

19.2

1159

17.6

1763

22.3

1479

19.0

 Moslem

2337

29.3

2719

37.5

2382

32.6

2425

36.8

2563

32.4

3359

43.3

 Others*

352

4.4

295

4.1

259

3.5

231

3.5

250

3.2

228

2.9

 Missing

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

5

0.1

4

0.1

Marital status

            

 Married

7193

90.2

6492

89.6

6772

92.7

6058

91.9

6765

85.5

6624

85.3

 Others

785

9.8

753

10.4

535

7.3

531

8.1

1143

14.5

1140

14.7

Birth Order

            

 1

1362

17.1

1391

19.2

1190

16.3

1232

18.7

1399

17.7

1477

19.0

 2-4

3264

40.9

3002

41.4

3026

41.4

2830

43.0

3464

43.8

3392

43.7

 5+

3352

42.0

2852

39.4

3092

42.3

2527

38.4

3045

38.5

2895

37.3

Total

7978

100.0

7245

100.0

7307

100.0

6589

100.0

7908

100.0

7764

100.0

  1. *Catholic, Traditional and other unspecified.