Research Article
Women’s Joint Decision on Contraceptive Use in Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia: A Community Based Comparative Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic variables of married women in reproductive age in urban and rural districts of Gedeo zone, South Ethiopia, 2015.
| | Variable | Urban (%) () | Rural (%) () | values |
| | Age of respondents | Mean age, SD | SD | <0.001 | | 15–19 | 27 (5.1%) | 13 (2.5%) | | | 20–24 | 153 (29.0%) | 87 (16.5%) | | | 25–29 | 201 (29.0%) | 167 (31.6%) | | | 30–34 | 91 (17.2%) | 121 (22.9%) | | | 35–39 | 51 (9.7%) | 82 (15.5%) | | | 40–44 | 5 (0.9%) | 48 (9.1%) | | | 45–49 | — | 10 (1.9%) | | | Religion of respondents | | | 0.020 | | Orthodox | 303 (57.4%) | 126 (23.9%) | | | Protestant | 159 (30.1%) | 359 (68.0%) | | | Catholic | 13 (2.5%) | 8 (1.5%) | | | Muslim | 53 (10.0%) | 27 (5.1%) | | | Other (Pagan, Tsege) | — | 8 (1.5%) | | | Ethnicity of respondents | | | 0.003 | | Gedeo | 78 (14.8%) | 385 (72.9%) | | | Sidama | 45 (8.5%) | 33 (6.2%) | | | Gurage | 116 (22.0%) | 13 (2.5%) | | | Wolayita | 65 (12.3%) | 10 (1.9%) | | | Amhara | 134 (25.4%) | 47 (6.8%) | | | Oromo | 81 (15.3%) | 36 (6.8%) | | | Other (Gamao Goffa, Tigre) | 9 (1.7%) | 4 (0.8%) | | | Educational status | | | <0.001 | | Unable to read and write | 54 (10.2%) | 203 (38.0%) | | | Read and write only | 17 (3.2%) | 66 (12.5%) | | | Primary school (1–8) | 245 (46.4%) | 185 (35.0%) | | | High school (9–12) | 166 (31.4%) | 50 (9.5%) | | | Diploma and above | 46 (8.7%) | 24 (4.5%) | | | Occupational status | | | 0.006 | | Housewife | 370 (70.1%) | 217 (41.1%) | | | Government employee | 41 (7.8%) | 40 (7.6%) | | | Private employee | 115 (21.8%) | 106 (20.1%) | | | Daily worker | 1 (0.2%) | 147 (27.8%) | | | Unemployed | 1 (0.2%) | 18 (3.4%) | | | Income level of the household | Median, SD | 736.5 ( SD) | <0.001 | | Low income level | 173 (32.8%) | 368 (69.7%) | | | Medium income level | 220 (41.7%) | 99 (18.8%) | | | High income level | 135 (25.6%) | 61 (11.6%) | |
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