Research Article
Bayesian Shared Frailty Models for Time to First Birth of Married Women in Ethiopia: Using EDHS 2016
Table 2
Sociodemographic characteristics by time to first birth of married women in Ethiopia (EDHS 2016).
| Variables | Categories | Ever given birth by married women | Censored no. (%) | Event no. (%) |
| Region | Tigray | 184 (8.5%) | 668 (10.0%) | Afar | 136 (6.3%) | 617 (9.3%) | Amhara | 290 (13.4%) | 711 (10.7%) | Oromia | 261 (12.1%) | 962 (14.5%) | Somali | 150 (7.0%) | 752 (11.3%) | Benishangul | 183 (8.5%) | 550 (8.3%) | SNNPR | 267 (12.4%) | 867 (13.0%) | Gambela | 159 (7.4%) | 480 (7.2%) | Harari | 128 (5.9%) | 382 (5.7%) | Addis Ababa | 231 (10.7%) | 323 (4.9%) | Dire Dawa | 169 (7.8%) | 340 (5.1%) |
| Place of residence | Urban | 746 (34.6%) | 1331 (20.0%) | Rural | 1412 (65.4%) | 5321 (80.0%) |
| Respondent’s educational level | No education | 1338 (62.0%) | 4079 (61.3%) | Primary | 524 (24.3%) | 1767 (26.6%) | Secondary or above | 296 (13.7%) | 806 (12.1%) |
| Wealth index | Poor | 700 (32.4%) | 3359 (50.5%) | Middle | 287 (13.3%) | 962 (14.5%) | Rich | 1171 (54.3%) | 2331 (35.0%) |
| Husband/partner’s education level | No education | 1020 (47.3%) | 3130 (47.1%) | Primary | 603 (27.9%) | 2158 (32.4%) | Secondary or above | 535 (24.8%) | 1364 (20.5%) |
| Respondent currently working | No | 1233 (57.1%) | 4770 (71.7%) | Yes | 925 (42.9%) | 1882 (28.3%) |
| Contraceptive use | No | 997 (46.2%) | 3354 (50.4%) | Yes | 1161 (53.8%) | 3298 (49.6%) |
| Age at the first marriage | Less than 18 | 1443 (66.9%) | 4070 (61.2%) | 18-34 | 707 (32.8%) | 2575 (38.7%) | Greater than 34 | 8 (0.4%) | 7 (0.1%) |
| Household head | Male | 1716 (79.5%) | 5444 (81.8%) | Female | 442 (20.5%) | 1208 (18.2%) |
| Media access | No | 1349 (62.5%) | 4931 (74.1%) | Yes | 809 (37.5%) | 1721 (25.9%) |
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