Home delivery among women with adequate antenatal care: insights from a multilevel analysis of the 2019 Ethiopian mini demographic and health survey

Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of women who had adequate ANC visits in Ethiopia, 2019 EMDHS, (N = 1643)

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percent*
Woman’s age	15–19	68	4.1
	20–24	339	20.6
	25–29	545	33.2
	30–34	350	21.3
	35–39	224	13.7
	40 +	117	7.1
Highest educational level	No education	633	38.5
	Primary	654	39.8
	Secondary	240	14.6
	Higher	116	7.1
Current marital status	Never in union	5	0.3
	Married or living with partner	1581	96.3
	Widowed	43	2.6
	Divorced	13	0.8
Religion	Orthodox	725	44.1
	Protestant	416	25.3
	Muslim	491	29.9
	Other (traditional, Catholic and other religion)	11	0.7
Number of children ≤ 5 years	No ≤ 5 years old child in household	40	2.4
	1 ≤ 5 years old child in household	972	59.2
	2–5 ≤ 5 years children in household	631	38.4
Family size	< 5	645	39.3
Family size	≥ 5	998	60.7
Number of living children	1–4 children	1262	76.8
Number of living children	> 4 children	381	23.2
Sex of household head	Male	1438	87.5
Sex of household head	Female	205	12.5
Timing of 1st antenatal check (months)	< 4 months	809	49.3
	≥ 4 months	822	50.0
	Unknown	12	0.7
Age of respondent at 1st birth	< 18 years	609	37.1
Age of respondent at 1st birth	≥ 18 years	1034	63.0
Wealth index	Poorest	162	9.8
	Poorer	304	18.5
	Middle	289	17.6
	Richer	323	19.7
	Richest	565	34.4
Sons or daughters who have died	No son and daughter died	1349	82.1
	Son/s or daughter/s died	263	16.0
	Son/s and daughter/s died	31	1.9
Birth order	1 Birth order	406	24.7
	2–3 Birth order	599	36.5
	4 + Birth order	638	38.8
Residence	Urban	593	36.1
Residence	Rural	1050	63.9
Region	Agrarian	1453	88.4
	Pastoralist	71	4.3
	Metropolis	119	7.2
Community Wealth index	Low	738	44.9
Community Wealth index	High	904	55.1
Community education	Low	919	56.0
Community education	High	724	44.0

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