Research Article
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%) |
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