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Table 1 Percentage distribution of characteristics of women in 2000, 2005 and 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Surveys

From: Trends and Spatio-temporal variation of female genital mutilation among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia: a Spatio-temporal and multivariate decomposition analysis of Ethiopian demographic and health surveys

Variables

EDHS 2000 (N = 15,367)

Percentage (%)

EDHS 2005 (N = 14,070)

Percentage (%)

EDHS 2016 (N = 7248)

Percentage (%)

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