Table 3 Weighted trends of modern contraceptive utilization in women by background characteristics in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019 PMA Ethiopia surveys.

From: Trend and multivariate decomposition analysis of modern contraceptive utilization among women in Ethiopia

Characteristics	Percent (%)						Point difference in modern contraceptive use
Characteristics	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2015–2014	2016–2015	2017–2016	2018–2017	2019–2018	2019–2014
Respondents current age
15–19	25.8	35.13	32.05	41.18	37.83	41.16	9.33	− 3.08	9.13	− 3.35	3.33	15.36
20–34	36.1	42.38	44.25	42.02	45.28	44.37	6.28	1.87	− 2.23	3.26	− 0.91	1.99
35–49	28.26	28.59	29.92	28.02	30.18	25.87	0.33	1.33	− 1.9	10.16	− 4.31	− 2.39
Highest education level
Never attended	29.3	30.64	31.81	31.17	32.14	29.28	1.34	1.17	− 0.64	0.97	− 2.86	− 0.02
Primary	35.98	42.76	42.38	41.15	43.63	42.93	6.78	− 0.38	− 1.23	2.48	− 0.7	6.95
Secondary	40.58	47.35	51.37	51.79	52.08	46.99	6.77	4.02	0.42	0.29	− 5.09	6.41
More than secondary	36.56	54.36	53.86	44.26	47.15	44.97	17.8	− 0.5	− 9.6	2.89	− 2.18	8.41
Marital status
Married/living partner	36.86	40.83	42	41.02	43.75	41.33	3.97	1.17	− 0.98	2.73	− 2.42	4.47
Divorced/separated/widow	13.71	13.62	17.37	15.43	13.35	13.63	− 0.09	3.75	− 1.94	− 2.08	0.28	− 0.08
Never married	22.79	33.69	31	27.63	34.24	29.55	10.9	− 2.69	− 3.37	6.61	− 4.69	6.76
Residence
Urban	42.54	47.42	47	42.58	43.34	42.65	4.88	− 0.42	− 4.42	0.76	− 0.69	0.11
Rural	29.82	34.14	35.74	35.64	37.86	34.72	4.32	1.6	0.5	2.22	− 3.11	4.9
Region
Tigray	30.29	31.49	30	30.74	34.24	30.89	1.2	− 1.49	0.74	3.5	− 3.35	0.6
Afar	9.22	28.73	18.27	15.68	11.45	2.13	19.51	− 10.46	− 2.59	− 4.23	− 9.32	− 7.09
Amhara	44.81	44.91	50.03	47.43	46.15	41.18	0.1	5.12	− 2.6	− 1.28	− 4.97	− 3.63
Oromiya	25.4	30.63	31.14	29.73	33.38	38.09	5.23	0.51	− 1.41	3.65	4.71	12.69
Somali	4	5.08	11.3	10.03	14.46	0.98	1.08	6.22	− 1.27	4.43	− 13.48	− 3.02
Benishangul-Gumuz	12.24	23.68	21.26	42.93	34.21	40.55	11.44	− 2.42	21.67	− 8.72	6.34	28.31
SNNP	35.47	40.4	42.46	41.77	46.09	40.4	4.93	2.06	− 0.69	4.32	− 5.69	4.93
Gambella	28.97	37.44	37.46	50.87	46.25	38.67	8.47	0.02	13.41	− 4.62	− 7.58	9.7
Harari	36.93	26.79	30.34	29.45	28.46	23.92	− 10.14	3.55	− 0.89	− 0.99	− 4.54	− 13.01
Addis	35.48	47.49	45.37	40.86	38.88	43	12.01	− 2.12	− 4.51	− 1.98	2.14	7.52
Dire-dawa	21.13	39.88	49.57	15.49	33.7	25.72	18.75	9.69	− 34.08	18.21	− 7.98	4.59
Parity
0	22.98	35.86	32.16	36.4	35.54	32.09	12.88	− 3.7	4.24	− 0.86	− 3.45	9.11
1	33	43.5	47.83	48.21	47.22	47.47	10.5	4.33	0.38	− 0.99	0.25	14.47
2–3	37.5	42.74	42.08	43.98	45.37	44.26	5.24	− 0.66	1.9	1.39	− 1.11	6.76
4–5	34.17	35.18	39.28	35.37	38.08	37.32	1.01	4.1	− 3.91	2.71	− 0.76	3.15
6+	30	28.39	29.85	24.15	29.52	23.65	− 1.61	1.46	− 5.7	5.37	− 5.87	− 6.35
Number of children at first contraceptive use
0	57.89	59.37	59.67	58.97	55.45	54.31	1.48	0.3	− 0.7	− 3.52	− 1.14	− 3.58
1–2	63.12	60.56	67.17	61.19	58.91	58.38	− 2.56	6.61	− 5.98	− 2.28	− 0.53	− 4.74
3–4	65.55	58.48	62.6	54.8	60.14	50.61	.07	4.12	− 7.8	5.34	− 9.53	− 14.94
5+	60.27	53.36	68.37	55.88	58.52	44.97	− 6.91	15.01	− 12.49	2.64	− 13.55	− 15.3
Wealth index quantile
Lowest quintile	19.81	30.53	29.08	30.92	32.24	28.36	10.72	− 1.45	1.84	1.32	− 3.88	8.55
Lower quintile	29.95	30.37	33.18	34.09	36.76	34.19	0.42	2.81	0.91	2.67	− 2.57	4.24
Middle quintile	31.62	33.46	37.68	33.13	34.56	40.45	1.84	4.22	− 4.55	1.43	5.89	8.85
Higher quintile	34.9	39.8	40.43	43.76	44.57	36.69	4.9	0.63	3.33	0.81	− 7.88	1.79
Highest quintile	56.58	50.81	50.57	43.77	47.09	45.67	− 5.77	− 0.24	− 6.8	3.32	− 1.42	− 10.91
Visited by HEW, who talked about FP in the past 12 months
No	30.32	33.77	35.71	35.82	37.56	35.96	3.45	1.94	0.11	1.85	− 1.6	5.64
Yes	39.13	46.96	48.08	43.47	46.47	47.52	7.83	1.15	− 4.61	3	1.03	8.37
Staff spoke about FP methods at the facility visit
No	37.91	38.33	40.23	40.47	40.9	39.69	0.42	1.9	0.24	0.43	− 1.21	1.78
Yes	49.94	49.23	55.36	53.37	53.69	52.22	− 0.71	6.13	− 1.99	0.32	− 1.47	2.28

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Table 3 Weighted trends of modern contraceptive utilization in women by background characteristics in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019 PMA Ethiopia surveys.

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