Table 1 Weighted* proportion of short birth interval by selected background characteristics of respondents, EDHS 2016
From: Socioeconomic inequality in short birth interval in Ethiopia: a decomposition analysis
Variables | Weighted proportion | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Non-short birth intervaln(%) | Short birth intervaln(%) | ||
Maternal age at first marriage (years) | |||
  ≤ 19 | 3499 (83.6) | 3324 (79.4) | < 0.001 |
 20–24 | 600 (12.7) | 697 (16.3) | |
 25–29 | 116 (2.8) | 142 (3.6) | |
 30+ | 46 (0.9) | 24 (0.7) | |
Maternal age at birth of the preceding child (years) | |||
  ≤ 19 | 712 (16.7) | 598 (13.8) | < 0.001 |
 20–24 | 1383 (31.3) | 1391 (32.6) | |
 25–29 | 1117 (26.6) | 1143 (27.9) | |
 30–34 | 723 (16.9) | 706 (16.4) | |
 35+ | 326 (8.5) | 349 (9.3) | |
Maternal educational level | |||
 No education | 2871 (71.9) | 3201 (76.4) | < 0.001 |
 Primary | 1019 (22.9) | 779 (20.7) | |
 Secondary | 250 (3.4) | 131 (1.8) | |
 Higher | 121 (1.7) | 76 (1.1) | |
Maternal occupation | |||
 Not working | 2949 (71.1) | 3164 (75.1) | < 0.001 |
 Working | 1312 (28.9) | 1023 (24.9) | |
Wealth quintiles | |||
 Poorest | 1348 (22.0) | 1999 (28.8) | < 0.00 |
 Poorer | 759 (22.1) | 719 (24.8) | |
 Middle | 658 (21.0) | 545 (21.5) | |
 Richer | 589 (19.1) | 466 (16.6) | |
 Richest | 907 (15.8) | 458 (8.3) | |
Place of residence | |||
 Urban | 818 (11.3) | 468 (6.0) | < 0.001 |
 Rural | 3443 (88.7) | 3719 (94.0) | |
Regions | |||
 Tigray | 525 (7.5) | 263 (4.3) | < 0.001 |
 Afar | 294 (0.7) | 534 (1.4) | |
 Amhara | 578 (25.2) | 222(11.1) | |
 Oromia | 641(39.6) | 666 (50.9) | |
 Somali | 343 (2.4) | 940 (8.0) | |
 Benishangul-Gumuz | 363 (1.0) | 372 (1.2) | |
 **SNNPR | 566 (20.7) | 478 (21.5) | |
 Gambella | 338 (0.3) | 219 (0.2) | |
 Harari | 231(0.2) | 225 (0.2) | |
 Addis Ababa | 188 (2.1) | 64 (0.8) | |
 Dire Dawa | 194 (0.3) | 204 (0.4) | |
Total number of children born before the index child | |||
  ≤ 2 | 1538 (34.3) | 1146 (26.8) | < 0.001 |
 3–4 | 1333 (30.7) | 1305 (30.1) | |
  ≥ 5 | 1390 (35.0) | 1736 (43.1) | |
Watched television | |||
 Yes | 946 (18.9) | 538 (12.9) | < 0.001 |
 No | 3315 (81.1) | 3649 (87.1) | |
Listened to radio | |||
 Yes | 1086 (26.6) | 734 (23.0) | < 0.001 |
 No | 3179 (73.4) | 3453 (77.0) | |
Read newspapers | |||
 Yes | 296 (5.6) | 143 (3.8) | < 0.001 |
 No | 3965 (94.4) | 4044 (96.2) | |