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Table 1 Socio-economic and demographic characteristics of the study population in Ethiopia in 2016 (n=11,023)

From: Predicting skilled delivery service use in Ethiopia: dual application of logistic regression and machine learning algorithms

Characteristics

Skilled assistance during delivery

Total number of births (n)

Yes (%)

No (%)

Region

 Tigray

59.2

40.8

716

 Afar

16.5

83.5

115

 Amhara

27.8

72.2

2072

 Oromia

19.6

80.4

4850

 Somali

20.1

79.9

508

 Benishangul

28.7

71.3

122

 SNNPR

28.6

71.4

2296

 Gambela

48.1

51.9

27

 Harari

50.0

50.0

26

 Addis Adaba

96.7

3.3

244

 Dire Dawa

57.4

42.6

47

Place of residence

 Urban

80.1

19.9

1215

 Rural

21.2

78.8

9807

Family size

 Five or less

35.7

64.3

4847

 Six and above

21.4

78.6

6176

Age of mother's in years

 15 - 19

38.9

61.1

378

 20 - 34

29.1

70.9

7910

 35 - 49

22.0

78.0

2735

Birth order

 1

37.0

63.0

4078

 2 - 4

22.4

77.6

6878

 5+

4.5

95.5

67

Current marital status

 Never Married

63.2

36.8

57

 Married/Living together

27.3

72.7

10462

 Separated/Widowed/Divorced

32.8

67.2

504

Maternal education

 No Formal Education

17.2

82.8

7284

 Primary

38.6

61.4

2951

 Secondary and above

83.5

16.5

788

Wealth status

 Poor

15.8

84.2

5156

 Medium

24.3

75.7

2280

 Rich

47.0

53.0

3587

Occupation of mother's

 Not Working

25.2

74.8

6127

 Working

30.8

69.2

4896

Women’s decision making on their own healthcare

 Independent

35.1

64.9

1362

 Dependent

26.7

73.3

9661

First antenatal care (n=7590)

 Yes

88.79

11.21

2524

 No

49.21

50.79

5066