Socioeconomic inequalities in the uptake of maternal healthcare services in Ethiopia

Table 2 Distribution of Women by Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics by Survey Year

Women’s Characteristics	Year 2000 (N = 7917)		Year 2005 (N = 7273)		Year 2011 (N = 7836)
Age group	Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent
15–19	468	5.9	430	5.9	393	5.0
20–29	3703	46.8	3416	47.0	3936	50.2
30–39	2710	34.2	2561	35.2	2721	34.7
40–49	1036	13.1	866	11.9	787	10.0
Birth order
1st order birth	1313	16.6	1163	16.0	1346	17.2
2nd order birth	1274	16.1	1082	14.9	1337	17.1
3rd order birth	1087	13.7	1000	13.8	1109	14.2
Birth order 4+	4243	53.6	4028	55.4	4044	51.6
Education
No education	6524	82.4	5723	78.7	5246	66.9
Primary	993	12.5	1189	16.3	2236	28.5
Secondary or higher	401	5.1	361	5.0	355	4.5
Occupation
Not working	2756	34.8	5014	68.9	3486	44.5
Sales and Services	901	11.4	624	8.6	1464	18.7
Skilled manual	664	8.4	113	1.6	558	7.1
Unskilled manual and Agri workers	3587	45.3	1509	20.7	2252	28.7
Ethnic origin
Other Ethnic Ethiopians	2108	26.6	2173	29.9	2305	29.4
Amhara	2529	31.9	2117	29.1	2232	28.5
Oromo	2734	34.5	2499	34.4	2740	35.0
Tigray	542	6.8	467	6.4	517	6.6
Religion
Orthodox	4012	50.7	3233	44.5	3266	41.7
Muslim	2330	29.4	2382	32.7	2562	32.7
Other religions	1576	19.9	1658	22.8	1916	24.4
Media Access
No access	5775	72.9	4560	62.7	3154	40.2
Moderate access	2064	26.1	2573	35.4	4112	52.5
High access	69	.9	111	1.5	554	7.1
Urban-rural residence
Urban	875	11.1	621	8.5	1160	14.8
Rural	7042	88.9	6652	91.5	6676	85.2

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