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Table 1 Distribution of important socio-economic and demographic characteristics

From: Modeling successive birth interval of women in Ethiopia: application of parametric shared frailty and accelerated failure time model

Covariate/factor

Category

Event (%)

Censored

Total

Mother age

15–19

310(87%)

46

356

20–24

1597(85.6%)

269

1866

25–29

2326(85%)

412

2738

30–34

1705(85.4%)

292

1997

35–39

1287(88.9%)

197

1484

40–44

448(84.4%)

83

531

45–49

151(86.3%)

24

175

Residence

Urban

1427(84.8%)

255

1682

Rural

6397(85.7%)

1068

7465

Religion

Orthodox

2248(85%)

395

2643

Catholic

53(86.9%)

8

61

Protestant

1378(86.4%)

247

1595

Muslim

4013(85.6%)

674

4687

Traditional

73(79.3%)

19

92

Other

59(85.5%)

10

69

Women education

No education

5601(95.6%)

255

5856

Primary

1674(73.2%)

614

2288

Secondary and above

549(54.7%)

454

1003

Husbands education

No education

4120(99.5%)

22

4142

Primary

2554(79.3%)

666

3220

Secondary and above

1150(64.6%)

635

178

Type of birth

Single birth

7571(85.2%)

1312

8883

Multiple births

253(95.8%)

11

264

Women occupation

Unemployed

4678(85.8%)

777

5455

Employed

3146(85.25%)

546

3692

Husbands occupation

Unemployed

764(84.9%)

136

900

Employed

6515(85.5%)

1107

7622

Wealth index

Poor

4912(85%)

863

5775

Middle

1231(84%)

235

1466

Rich

1681(88.2%)

225

1906

Marital status

Single

701(89.9%)

78

779

Married

4888(85%)

856

5745

Widowed

595(83.1%)

121

716

Divorced

928(86.8%)

264

1069

Separated

712(84.9%)

126

838

Age of women at 1st birth

0=  ≤ 15

1057(96.6%)

40

1106

1 = 16–20

4809(88%)

654

5463

2 = 21–25

1604(78%)

451

2055

3 =  ≥ 26

354(67.7%)

169

523

Birth order

1

0(0.0%)

1323

1323

2–4

4157(100.0)

0

4157

5–7

2690(100.0)

0

2690

8+

977(100.0)

0

977

Child sex

Male

4005(85.2%)

698

4703

Female

3819(86%)

625

4444

Survival status of the index child

Dead

453(86.6%)

70

523

Alive

7371(85.5%)

1253

8624

Breastfeeding status

No

2717(86.3%)

433

3150

Yes

5107(85.2%)

890

5997

Contraceptive use

No

5933(88.9%)

738

6671

Yes

1891(76.4%)

585

2476

Mass media

No

5870(87.3%)

853

6723

Yes

1954(80.6%)

470

2424

Knowledge of ovulatory cycle

No

3286(89.1%)

402

3688

Yes

4538(83%)

921

5459