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Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of reproductive age women in Ethiopia, EDHS 2016

From: Prediction of contraceptive discontinuation among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia using Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey 2016 Dataset: A Machine Learning Approach

Variable

Categories

Weighted Frequency

Percentage

Women’s Age

15 to 25

2114

31.38

26 to 34

2558

37.97

35 to 49

2065

30.65

Residence

Urban

1631

24.21

Rural

5106

75.79

Religion

Orthodox

3621

53.76

Protestant

1461

21.68

Muslim

1571

23.32

Others

83

1.24

Marital Status

Single

192

2.84

Married or living with partner

5925

87.95

Others

620

9.21

Household head sex

Male

5562

82.56

Female

1175

17.44

Women Occupation

Not working/Housewife

2917

43.29

Professional

304

4.51

Agricultural/Farmer

1661

24.66

sales or services

1330

19.74

Manual or other

525

7.79