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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study participants by district, among women living in pastoralists, Ethiopia, 2016

From: Barriers and facilitators of maternal health care services use among pastoralist women in Ethiopia: Systems thinking perspective

Variables

Total (n = 1499)

Dhas (646)

Gorodola (853)

p value

Religion

   

< 0.001

 Wakefata

405 (27.0)1

403 (62.4)

2 (0.2)

 

 Muslim

672 (44.8)2

183 (28.3)

489 (57.3)

 

 Orthodox Christian

28 (1.9)

15 (2.3)

13 (1.5)

 

 Protestant Christian

394 (26.3)

45 (7.0)

349 (40.9)

 

Ethnic group, Oromo

1390 (92.7)

643 (99.5)

747 (87.6)

< 0.001

Maternal age (years)

26.9 ± 6.9

27.0 ± 7.3

26.8 ± 6.7

0.51

Age at marriage

17.1 ± 2.4

17.0 ± 2.3

17.2 ± 2.4

0.054

Husband age (years)

36.4 ± 11.4

38.8 ± 12.9

34.7 ± 9.8

< 0.001

Marital status, married

1414 (94.3)

579 (89.6)

835 (97.9)

< 0.001

Household head education

   

< 0.001

 No formal education

682 (55.8)

399 (67.5)

283 (44.8)

 

 Primary education

317 (25.9)

38 (6.4)

279 (44.1)

 

 Secondary and above

224 (18.3)

154 (26.1)

70 (11.1)

 

Total family size

7.3 ± 3.1

5.5 ± 2.4

8.6 ± 3.0

< 0.001

Under-5 children

1.8 ± 0.9

1.5 ± 0.6

2.0 ± 1.0

< 0.001

Household wealth

   

< 0.001

 Lowest

500 (33.4)

260 (40.2)

240 (28.1)

 

 Middle

500 (33.4)

207 (32.0)

293 (34.3)

 

 Highest

499 (33.3)

179 (27.7)

320 (37.5)

 

HFIAS

   

< 0.001

 Food secure

387 (25.8)

118 (18.3)

269 (31.5)

 

 Mildly food-insecure access

96 (6.4)

42 (6.5)

54 (6.3)

 

 Moderately food-insecure access

420 (28.0)

147 (22.8)

273 (32.0)

 

 Severely food-insecure access

596 (39.8)

339 (52.5)

257 (30.1)

 

Decision-making autonomy score

5.5 ± 2.0

5.4 ± 2.1

5.5 ± 1.9

0.41

  1. HFIS household food-security status
  2. 1Number (%), all such values
  3. 2Mean ± SD, all such values