Women’s Joint Decision on Contraceptive Use in Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia: A Community Based Comparative Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Reproductive history of married women in reproductive age in urban and rural districts of Gedeo zone, South Ethiopia, 2015.

Variable	Urban (%) ()	Rural (%) ()
Wife Age at marriage	Mean, 18.5 ± 3.99 SD	Mean, 17.1 ± 3.3 SD
Less than 18 years	291 (55.1%)	388 (73.5%)
18–20 years	105 (19.9%)	81 (15.3%)
Greater than 20 years	132 (19.9%)	59 (11.2%)
Number of alive children
Having less than 4 children	354 (67.0%)	163 (30.9%)
Having greater than 4 children	174 (33.0%)	365 (69.1%)
Woman’s desire of family size
1–4 children	381 (72.2%)	150 (28.4%)
4–6 children	117 (22.2%)	200 (37.9%)
Greater than 6 children	30 (5.7%)	178 (33.7%)
Husband’s desire of family size
1–4 children	353 (66.9%)	149 (28.2%)
4–6 children	112 (21.2%)	177 (33.5%)
Greater than 6 children	63 (11.9%)	202 (38.3%)
Child death experience of woman
Yes	47 (8.9%)	159 (30.1%)
No	481 (91.1%)	369 (69.9%)
Number of child deaths
1-2 children	42 (89.4%)	120 (75.5%)
2–4 children	5 (10.6%)	37 (23.3%)
Greater than 4 children	—	2 (1.3%)