Table 3 Source of information, wealth status of participants and child characteristics in emerging regions of Ethiopia, 2016
Variables | Frequency | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|
Sex of child | ||
Male | 357 | 55.6 |
Female | 285 | 44.4 |
Child age in months | ||
12–15 | 288 | 44.9 |
16–19 | 224 | 34.9 |
20–23 | 130 | 20.2 |
Wealth status | ||
Poorest | 389 | 60.6 |
Poor | 81 | 12.6 |
Middle | 43 | 6.7 |
Rich | 53 | 8.3 |
Richest | 76 | 11.8 |
Own a mobile phone | ||
No | 491 | 76.5 |
Yes | 151 | 23.5 |
Reading newspaper or magazine | ||
No | 620 | 96.6 |
Yes | 22 | 3.4 |
Listening radio | ||
No | 547 | 85.2 |
Yes | 95 | 14.8 |
Watching TV | ||
No | 569 | 88.6 |
Yes | 73 | 11.4 |
Wanted last child | ||
No | 71 | 11.1 |
Yes | 571 | 88.9 |
Child size at birth | ||
Large | 175 | 27.3 |
Average | 256 | 39.9 |
Small | 211 | 32.8 |
Birth order of the child | ||
1 | 113 | 17.6 |
2–5 | 358 | 55.8 |
≥ 6 | 171 | 26.6 |
Preceding birth interval in months | ||
9–23 | 133 | 20.7 |
24–35 | 188 | 29.3 |
> 35 | 321 | 50.0 |