Table 1 Socio demographic profile of Reproductive Age Women in Ethiopia using 2016 EDHS data (n = 11,425)
Variable | Category | Misconception about HIV transmission | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | ||||
Count | % | Count | % | ||
Respondent’s current age | 15–24 | 2880 | 46.5% | 1992 | 38.1% |
25–34 | 1941 | 31.3% | 1815 | 34.7% | |
35–44 | 1072 | 17.3% | 1085 | 20.8% | |
45–49 | 306 | 4.9% | 333 | 6.4% | |
Region | Tigray | 423 | 6.8% | 476 | 9.1% |
Afar | 35 | 0.6% | 51 | 1.0% | |
Amhara | 1596 | 25.7% | 895 | 17.1% | |
Oromia | 1646 | 26.5% | 2317 | 44.3% | |
Somali | 69 | 1.1% | 81 | 1.6% | |
Benishangul | 84 | 1.3% | 39 | 0.7% | |
SNNPR | 1658 | 26.7% | 1121 | 21.4% | |
Gambela | 23 | 0.4% | 11 | 0.2% | |
Harari | 20 | 0.3% | 10 | 0.2% | |
Addis Ababa | 603 | 9.7% | 195 | 3.7% | |
Dire Dawa | 43 | 0.7% | 29 | 0.6% | |
Type of place of residence | Urban | 2155 | 34.8% | 831 | 15.9% |
Rural | 4044 | 65.2% | 4395 | 84.1% | |
Religion | Orthodox | 2935 | 47.3% | 2016 | 38.6% |
Catholic | 55 | 0.9% | 46 | 0.9% | |
Protestant | 1709 | 27.6% | 1276 | 24.4% | |
Muslim | 1454 | 23.5% | 1809 | 34.6% | |
Others | 47 | 0.8% | 78 | 1.5% | |
Highest educational level | No education | 1779 | 28.7% | 2684 | 51.4% |
Primary | 2521 | 40.7% | 1942 | 37.2% | |
Secondary | 1229 | 19.8% | 459 | 8.8% | |
Higher | 671 | 10.8% | 140 | 2.7% | |
Marital status | single | 1751 | 28.2% | 1526 | 29.2% |
married | 3817 | 61.6% | 3198 | 61.2% | |
Separated/divorced | 632 | 10.2% | 501 | 9.6% | |
Wealth status | Poorest | 590 | 9.5% | 947 | 18.1% |
Poorer | 874 | 14.1% | 1018 | 19.5% | |
Middle | 986 | 15.9% | 1106 | 21.2% | |
Richer | 1264 | 20.4% | 1063 | 20.3% | |
Richest | 2485 | 40.1% | 1091 | 20.9% | |