Table 2 Trends in the cumulative probability (%) of early childbearing by cohort and region in Ethiopia
– | Cohort: Year women entered into puberty (age 10 years) | Relative Change (%)a | P-value (log-rank test) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1971–1981 | 1982–1987 | 1988–1993 | 1994–1999 | 2000–2005 | |||
Ethiopia | 57.6 | 49.6 | 49.3 | 44.7 | 35.3 | −38.8 | 0.000 |
Region | |||||||
Dire Dawa | 46.3 | 31.8 | 32.1 | 36.7 | 26.6 | −42.5 | 0.050 |
SNNP | 53.7 | 48.1 | 48.6 | 42.2 | 31.9 | −40.6 | 0.000 |
Amhara | 67.6 | 65.2 | 64.7 | 55.3 | 35.9 | −47.0 | 0.000 |
Tigray | 61.9 | 59.1 | 58.3 | 46.6 | 35.9 | −42.0 | 0.000 |
Harari | 56.8 | 41.8 | 36.8 | 42.5 | 40.4 | −29.0 | 0.131 |
Oromia | 62.2 | 52.9 | 54.3 | 50.8 | 40.4 | −35.1 | 0.000 |
Ethiopia-Somali | 46.3 | 46.3 | 47.6 | 51.3 | 49.0 | + 5.7 | 0.266 |
Afar | 52.5 | 51.5 | 53.5 | 50.0 | 54.5 | + 3.8 | 0.000 |
Gambela | 58.9 | 56.0 | 61.5 | 58.8 | 57.1 | −3.2 | 0.067 |
Benishangul Gumuz | 65.1 | 62.2 | 63.1 | 61.7 | 58.9 | −9.5 | 0.025 |
Addis Ababab | 9.6 | ||||||