Table 1 Percentage distribution of socio-demographic characteristics among respondents, 2005, 2011 and 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey
| Characteristics |
Weighted frequency(%) 2005 N = 9111 |
Weighted frequency(%) 2011 N = 10,106 |
Weighted frequency(%) 2016 N = 8564 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trimester of ANC visit | 1st trimester | 29.29 | 29.95 | 37.29 |
| 2nd trimester | 52.71 | 55.74 | 53.22 | |
| 3rd trimester | 18.00 | 14.32 | 9.49 | |
| Region | Tigray | 10.12 | 10.47 | 8.89 |
| Afar | 5.77 | 10.46 | 10.64 | |
| Amhara | 15.05 | 11.82 | 9.26 | |
| Oromia | 20.00 | 15.21 | 15.85 | |
| Somali | 6.54 | 9.21 | 14.37 | |
| Benishangul-Gumuz | 6.06 | 8.15 | 8.14 | |
| SNNPR | 18.01 | 13.85 | 12.46 | |
| Gambela | 5.21 | 7.23 | 6.45 | |
| Harari | 5.12 | 5.31 | 6.20 | |
| Addis-Abeba | 3.86 | 2.26 | 4.10 | |
| Dire-Dawa | 4.32 | 6.02 | 4.66 | |
| Religion | Orthodox | 40.97 | 30.04 | 28.06 |
| Protestant | 18.55 | 20.08 | 18.71 | |
| Muslim | 39.52 | 48.91 | 52.51 | |
| Catholic | 0.95 | 1.00 | 0.72 | |
| Husband educational status | None | 59.42 | 55.73 | 50.06 |
| Primary | 26.26 | 36.29 | 32.83 | |
| Secondary+ | 14.32 | 8.00 | 17.12 | |
| women educational status | None | 76.85 | 75.17 | 65.00 |
| Primary | 15.74 | 23.00 | 25.12 | |
| Secondary+ | 7.41 | 1.85 | 9.93 | |
| Wealth Index | Poor | 43.35 | 51.48 | 55.36 |
| Middle | 18.92 | 17.01 | 13.88 | |
| Rich | 37.72 | 31.51 | 30.76 | |
| Residence | Rural | 86.00 | 86.65 | 83.10 |
| Urban | 14.00 | 13.35 | 16.90 | |
| Place of delivery | Home | 94.7 | 89.82 | 73.30 |
| H institution | 5.3 | 10.17 | 26.70 | |
| Media exposure on EIBF | Exposed | 37.28 | 58.67 | 68.17 |
| Non-exposed | 62.71 | 41.03 | 32.83 | |
| Sex of child | Male | 51.00 | 51.32 | 51.89 |
| Female | 49.00 | 48.68 | 48.11 | |
| Birth order | 1 | 19.48 | 15.42 | 18.94 |
| 2–3 | 31.38 | 27.75 | 31.53 | |
| 4–5 | 22.70 | 20.64 | 23.94 | |
| 6+ | 26.44 | 36.20 | 25.60 | |
| ANC Visit | No | 43.68 | 38.57 | 24.09 |
| Yes | 56.32 | 61.43 | 75.91 | |
| Parity | 1 | 12.49 | 9.43 | 12.56 |
| 2–3 | 32.20 | 28.06 | 31.62 | |
| 4–5 | 24.43 | 22.44 | 25.55 | |
| 6+ | 30.88 | 40.07 | 30.27 | |
| Marital status | Single | 11.63 | 23.32 | 45.1 |
| Married | 88.37 | 76.71 | 5.0 | |
| Family size | < 5 | 68.38 | 64.39 | 76.23 |
| ≥ 5 | 31.62 | 35.61 | 23.77 | |
| Mothers age at birth | < 20 | 74.10 | 73.23 | 72.68 |
| 20–34 | 25.80 | 26.60 | 27.14 | |
| 35–49 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.19 | |
| Delivery type | Vaginal | 98.24 | 97.58 | 97.13 |
| CS | 1.76 | 2.42 | 2.87 | |
| Birth Interval | < 24 months | 18.63 | 28.80 | 23.31 |
| ≥ 24 months | 81.37 | 71.20 | 76.69 | |