Spatial Distribution and Associated Factors of Institutional Delivery among Reproductive-Age Women in Ethiopia: The Case of Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey

Table 1

Sample characteristics of women aged 15–49 who had their most recent live birth in the five years preceding the survey, 2016 EDHS.

Variables	Frequency	Percent
Household wealth index
Poorest	1,651	21.76
Poorer	1,654	21.79
Middle	1,588	20.93
Richer	1,426	18.80
Richest	1,269	16.72
Place of residence
Urban	968.85	12.77
Rural	6,620.62	87.23
Mothers age in years
15–24 years	1,803.98	23.77
25–34 years	2,165.28	28.53
35–49 years	3,620.49	47.70
Maternal educational status
No education	4,791.00	63.12
Primary education	2,149.63	28.32
Secondary education	419.61	5.53
Higher education	229.51	3.02
Religion
Orthodox	2,882.10	37.97
Catholic	71.48	0.94
Muslim	1,651.41	21.76
Protestant	2,824.01	37.21
Others	160.74	2.12
Maternal working status
Not working	5,417.66	71.38
Working	2,172.11	28.62