Side effects and the need for secrecy: characterising discontinuation of modern contraception and its causes in Ethiopia using mixed methods

Table 2 Description of the data

Characteristics	All women		Ever-users of modern contraception
Characteristics	N	%	N	%
Total sample size	16,515		4814	%
Age (years)
< 25	1377	8.3	40	0.8
25–34	6956	42.1	1919	39.9
35+	8182	49.5	2855	59.3
Education
None	8278	50.3	2177	45.2
Primary	5858	35.5	1760	36.6
Secondary+	2379	14.3	877	18.2
Wealth
Low	6113	37.0	1106	23.0
Medium	4773	28.9	1469	30.5
High	5629	34.0	2239	46.5
Religion
Orthodox	6995	42.3	1258	26.1
Muslim	6170	37.3	2715	56.4
Other	3350	20.3	841	17.5
Area
Rural	11,186	67.7	2786	57.9
Urban	5329	32.2	2028	42.1

The characteristics of the overall 2011 EDHS sample are compared to the subsample of women who have ever used modern contraception. Ever-users tend to be older, more educated, wealthier, more urban and Muslims compared to the overall dataset

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