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Table 2 Socio demographic characteristics of study participants, Bale eco-region, Bale Zone, South east Ethiopia, April 2016 (n = 549)

From: Modern contraceptive utilization and associated factors among married pastoralist women in Bale eco-region, Bale Zone, South East Ethiopia

Variable

Category

Frequency

Percent

Respondents age

15–19 years

81

14.80

20–24 years

147

26.80

25–29 years

133

24.20

30–34 years

83

15.10

35–39 years

54

9.80

40–44 years

33

6.00

45–49 years

18

3.30

Mean age(±SD)

26.9 (±7.6)

 

Respondents religion

Muslim

546

99.50

Orthodox

3

0.500

Respondents ethnicity

Oromo

489

89.10

Somalie

55

10.00

Other (Amahara & Sidama)

5

0.90

Respondents educational status (highest level of schooling)

No formal education

392

71.40

Grade 1–6

132

24.00

Grade 7 and above

25

4.60

Age of respondent’s husband (n = 532)

<= 24 years

39

7.30

25–34 years

223

41.90

>34 years

270

50.80

Educational status of respondent’s husband

No formal education

296

53.90

Grade 1–6

154

28.10

Grade 7 and above

99

18.00

Marital form of the respondent’s husband (n = 548)

Polygamous

149

27.20

Monogamous

399

72.80

Number of wives (for Polygamous marriage) (n = 149)

2

121

22.10

> = 3

28

5.10

Family size (people living in respondent’s household)

<= 4 people

216

39.30

5–8 people

278

50.70

> = 9 people

55

10.00

Availability of radio in respondent’s household

Yes

205

37.30

No

344

67.70

Availability of mobile phone in respondent’s household

Yes

242

44.10

No

307

55.90

Household Socio Economic Status Index quintiles

Lowest

115

20.90

Lower

108

19.70

Middle

103

18.80

Higher

113

20.60

Highest

110

20.00