Variables | EDHS 2000 (N = 15,367) Percentage (%) | EDHS 2005 (N = 14,070) Percentage (%) | EDHS 2016 (N = 7248) Percentage (%) |
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Region | |||
 Tigray | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.4 |
 Afar | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
 Amhara | 24.9 | 24.7 | 23.5 |
 Oromia | 38.6 | 35.6 | 37.9 |
 Somali | 1.1 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
 Benishangul | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
 SNNPRs | 21.4 | 21.3 | 19.8 |
 Gambella | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
 Harari | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
 Addis Ababa | 4.4 | 5.4 | 6.3 |
 Dire Dawa | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
Place of residence | |||
 Urban | 18.2 | 17.8 | 23.0 |
 Rural | 81.8 | 82.2 | 77.0 |
Religion | |||
 Orthodox | 50.5 | 49.2 | 43.6 |
 Muslim | 29.0 | 28.5 | 31.6 |
 Catholic | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.7 |
 Protestant | 15.8 | 18.9 | 23.1 |
 Traditional | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0.8 |
 Others | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
Age of respondent (in years) | |||
 15–19 | 24.1 | 23.2 | 21.0 |
 20–24 | 18.6 | 18.1 | 16.5 |
 25–29 | 16.8 | 17.9 | 18.7 |
 30–34 | 12.0 | 12.9 | 15.5 |
 35–39 | 11.2 | 11.4 | 12.9 |
 40–44 | 9.2 | 8.4 | 8.4 |
 45–49 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 6.9 |
Maternal education | |||
 No education | 75.2 | 65.9 | 47.0 |
 Primary | 15.8 | 22.2 | 34.5 |
 Secondary | 8.5 | 10.5 | 12.3 |
 Higher | 0.5 | 1.4 | 6.2 |
Maternal occupation | |||
 Not working | 36.9 | 66.2 | 48.5 |
 Professional | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.7 |
 Clerical | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.0 |
 Sales | 13.3 | 10.6 | 15.6 |
 Agriculture employee | 37.0 | 17.7 | 20.6 |
 Services | 1.3 | 0.1 | 3.8 |
 Skilled manual | 9.6) | 2.1 | 3.9 |
 Unskilled manual | 0.7 | 1.7 | 3.9 |
Media exposure | |||
 Yes | 34.0 | 46.3 | 43.3 |
 No | 66.0 | 53.7 | 56.7 |