Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the PMA Ethiopia pregnancy cohort^a

Sample size (unweighted)

2,872

2,582

2,698

2,694

Sample size (weighted)

2,868

2,392

2,418

2,095

# maternal deaths between waves

N/A

2

2

1

Final sample size (weighted, removing deaths)

2,868

2,390

2,416

2,094

Age

 Range

15–48

 25th percentile

22

 Median

27

 75th percentile

31

Regional distribution

 Tigray

200 (7.0%)

170 (7.1%)

168 (6.9%)

138 (6.6%)

 Afar

57 (2.0%)

50 (2.1%)

49 (2.0%)

42 (2.0%)

 Amhara

579 (20.2%)

490 (20.5%)

491 (20.3%)

427 (20.4%)

 Oromiya

1259 (43.9%)

1029 (43.0%)

1063 (43.9%)

923 (44.0%)

 SNNP

661 (23.1%)

563 (23.5%)

555 (22.9%)

484 (23.1%)

 Addis Ababa

111 (3.9%)

90 (3.8%)

93 (3.8%)

81 (3.8%)

Wealth quintile^b

 Lowest

577 (20.1%)

 Lower

572 (19.9%)

 Middle

572 (19.9%)

 Higher

577 (20.1%)

 Highest

570 (19.8%)

Education

 Never attended

1181 (41.2%)

 Primary

1152 (40.2%)

 Secondary & higher

535 (18.6%)

Intended this pregnancy?

 Desired at time

1429 (63.8%)

 Mistimed

598 (26.7%)

 Wanted no more children

211 (9.4%)

 Prefer a home birth?

723 (32.3%)

Other wives?

 Yes

255 (9.1%)

 No

2546 (90.8%)

 Do not know

2 (0.1%)

 Ever used contraception before this pregnancy?

1747 (60.9%)

PPFP counseling^c

 No ANC visit

1539 (53.7%)

621 (26.0%)

 No PNC visit

2713 (94.6%)

1150 (48.1%)

 Counseling at ANC visit

156 (5.5%)

359 (15.0%)

 Counseling at PNC visit

39 (1.4%)

344 (14.4%)

 Counseling at both PNC & ANC visit

15 (0.5%)

134 (5.6%)

Contraceptive use and intention at each wave

 Does not intend to use

122 (4.3%)

626 (26.2%)

445 (18.4%)

428 (20.4%)

 Intends to use

460 (16.0%)

1370 (57.3%)

937 (38.8%)

629 (30.0%)

 Unsure of future use

–

–

27 (1.1%)

20 (1.0%)

 Using a method

31 (1.1%)

395 (16.5%)

911 (37.7%)

902 (43.1%)

 Pregnant

2241 (78.1%)

0 (0.0%)

47 (2.0%)

42 (2.0%)