Epidemiology of High Fertility Status among Women of Reproductive Age in Wonago District, Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Reproductive characteristics of the study participants in Wonago district, Gedeo zone, January 2018 ().

Variables	Variable level	No. (%)
Fertility status	High fertility	354 (69.1%)
	Low fertility	158 (30.9%)
Currently have children	<5	201 (39.3%)
	≥5	311 (60.7%)
Ever aborted or still birth	No	356 (69.5%)
	Yes	156 (30.5)
Under-five child mortality	Yes	186 (36.3%)
	No	326 (63.7%)
Age at marriage	<18 years	286 (55.9%)
	18 and above	226 (44.1%)
	Age at first birth	<18	277 (54.1%)
18 and above		235 (45.9%)
Age at last birth		≤30	202 (39.5%)
	31 and above	310 (60.5%)
	Two or more wives	Yes	91 (17.8%)
No		421 (82.2%)
Average birth interval	<2 years	322 (62.9%)
	≥2 years	190 (37.1%)
	Duration of breastfeeding	<12 months	93 (18.2%)
12-24 months		206 (40.2%)
>24 months		213 (41.6%)
Delayed sexual contact after delivery		<2 months	270 (52.7%)
	≥2 months	242 (47.3%)

SD: standard deviation.