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Table 1 Socio demographic and economic characteristics of participants, EDHS 2016

From: Factors affecting neonatal mortality in the general population: evidence from the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS)—multilevel analysis

Variable

Un-weighted frequency (%)

Weighted frequency (%)

Age

 15–19

404 (3.80)

378 (3.43)

 20–24

2171 (20.40)

2068 (18.76)

 25–29

3161 (29.71)

3353 (30.42)

 30–34

2360 (22.18)

2489 (22.58)

 35–39

1697 (15.95)

1772 (16.08)

 40–44

647 (6.08)

723 (6.56)

 45–49

201 (1.89)

240 (2.17)

Residence

 Urban

1974 (18.55)

1216 (11.03)

 Rural

8667 (81.45)

9807 (88.97)

Mothers educational status

 No education

6838 (64.26)

7284 (66.08)

 Primary

2678 (25.17)

2951 (26.77)

 Secondary and above

1125 (10.57)

788 (7.15)

Husbands educational status (n = 10,008)

 No education

5003 (49.99)

5077 (48.53)

 Primary

3220 (32.17)

4116 (39.34)

 Secondary and above

1785 (17.84)

1270 (12.14)

Mothers occupation

 Housewife

6307 (59.27)

6127 (55.58)

 Employed

4334 (40.73)

4896 (44.42)

Marital status

 Currently married

9903 (93.06)

10,339 (93.79)

 Currently unmarried

738 (6.94)

684 (6.21)

Wealth index

 Poor

5775 (54.27)

5156 (46.78)

 Medium

1466 (13.78)

2280 (20.68)

 Rich

3400 (31.95)

3587 (32.54)

Religion

 Orthodox

3082 (28.96)

3772 (34.22)

 Catholic

72 (0.68)

103 (0.94)

 Muslim

5442 (51.14)

4561 (41.38)

 Protestant

1862 (17.50)

2329 (21.13)

 Traditional

103 (0.97)

150 (1.36)

 Other

80 (0.75)

107 (0.97)

Region

 Tigray

1033 (9.71)

716 (6.49)

 Afar

1062 (9.98)

11.4 (1.04)

 Amhara

977 (9.18)

2072 (18.80)

 Oromia

1581 (14.86)

4851 (44.01)

 Somali

1505 (14.14)

508 (4.61)

 Benshangul

879 (8.26)

122 (1.10)

 SNNPR

1277 (12.0)

2296 (20.83)

 Gambela

714 (6.71)

27 (0.24)

 Harari

605 (5.69)

26 (0.23)

 Addis Ababa

461 (4.33)

244 (2.21)

 Dire Dawa

574 (5.14)

47 (0.43)