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Table 1 Sampling size determination (proportional allocation to size), Dessie town, northeast Ethiopia, 2014 (n = 383)

From: Unmet need for modern contraceptives and associated factors among women in the extended postpartum period in Dessie town, Ethiopia

Kebele

Total population

Total no of surviving infant under one year age = (Total population in the Kebele) X (3.37%)

Sample size taken from each Kebele =Total under one in the Kebele X 383 Total infants in the town

1.

13,415

424

26

2.

13,853

438

27

3.

24,429

772

48

4.

16,105

509

32

5.

14,464

457

28

6.

19,360

612

38

7.

10,027

317

20

8.

16,568

524

32

9.

9903

313

19

10.

23,018

727

45

11.

5340

169

10

12.

7922

250

16

13.

3485

110

7

14.

6302

199

12

15.

7154

226

14

16.

4317

136

8

Total

195,661

6180

383

  1. From rural kebeles (with total population of 35, 219) = 68 and from urban kebeles (with total population of 160, 442) = 315