Background
Methods
Study setting and period
Study design and populations
Sample size and sampling
Data collection methods
Data processing and analysis
Results
Socio- demographic characteristics
Variables | Cases (323) | Controls (313) |
---|---|---|
N (%)
|
N (%)
| |
Religion
| ||
Orthodox | 39(12.1) | 63(20.1) |
Protestant | 59(1 8.3) | 58(18.5) |
Muslim | 40(12.1) | 30(9.6) |
Catholic | 10(3.1) | 14(4.5) |
Wakefata | 175(54.2) | 148(47.3) |
Ethnicity
| ||
Oromo | 240(74.3) | 227(72.5) |
Burji | 51(15.8) | 55(17.6) |
Konso | 26(8.0) | 25(8.0) |
Amhara | 6(1.9) | 6(1.9) |
Maternal Educational
| ||
No education | 255(78.9) | 2 16(69.0) |
Primary | 67(20.7) | 86(27.5) |
Secondary and above | 1(0.3) | 11(3.5) |
Husband education
| ||
No education | 215(66.6) | 172(55.0) |
Primary | 101(31.3) | 119(38.0) |
Secondary and above | 7(2.2) | 22(7.0) |
Mother occupation
| ||
House wife | 232(71.8) | 193(61.7) |
Outside home | 91(28.2) | 120(38.3) |
Husband occupation
| ||
Husbandry | 221(68.4) | 225(71.9) |
Farmers | 20(6.2) | 30(9.6) |
Merchant | 23(7.1) | 26(8.3) |
Daily worker | 42(13.0) | 11(3.5) |
Others | 17(5.3) | 21(6.7) |
Age of the mothers
| ||
20-24 | 23(7.1) | 16(5.1) |
25-29 | 115(35.6) | 78(24.9) |
30-34 | 90(27.9) | 71(22.7) |
35-39 | 56(17.3) | 75(23.9) |
40-44 | 24(7.4) | 49(15.7) |
45-49 | 15(4.6) | 24(7.7) |
Age at first marriage
| ||
<18 | 203(62.8) | 206(65.8) |
>=18 | 120(37.2) | 107(34.2) |
Sex of index child
| ||
Male | 148(45.8) | 201(64.2) |
Female | 175(54.2) | 112(35.8) |
Parity
| ||
2 children | 26(8.0) | 32(10.2) |
3-4 children | 160(49.5) | 127(40.6) |
>=5 children | 137(42.4) | 154(49.2) |
Survival status index child
| ||
Alive | 313(96.9) | 307(98.1) |
Dead | 10(3.1) | 6(1.9) |
Breast feeding
| ||
<24 months | 320(99.1) | 268(85.6) |
>=24months | 2(0.6) | 44(14.1) |
Contraception use | ||
Yes | 84(26.0) | 214(68.4) |
No | 239(74.0) | 99(3 1.6) |
Determinants of inter birth interval
Variables | COR (95%CI) | AOR (95% CI) |
---|---|---|
Mothers education
| ||
No formal education | 1.87(1.12, 3.12)* | 1.89(1.15, 3.37)** |
Formal education | 1 | 1 |
Husband occupation
| ||
Husbandry | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Farmers | 0.68(0.37, 1.23) | 0.49(0.24, 1.00) |
Merchant | 0.90(0.49, 1.63) | 0.72(0.36, 1.43) |
Daily worker | 3.89(1.95, 7.75)* | 2.19(1.01, 4.79) |
Others | 0.82(0.42, 1.60) | 1.17(0.47, 2.89) |
Parity
| ||
Two children | 0.91(0.52, 1.61) | 3.73(1.50, 9.25)** |
3 & 4 children | 1.42(1.02, 1.97)* | 2.69(1.23, 5.92) |
>=5 children | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Sex of the index child
| ||
Male | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Female | 2.12(1.544, 2.91) | 1.72(1.17, 2.52)** |
Age of the mother
| ||
20-24 | 0.94(0.48, 1.96) | 1.36(0.53, 3.48) |
25-29 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
30-34 | 0.86(0.56, 1.3 1)* | 0.68(0.39,1.17) |
35-39 | 0.51(0.32, 0.79)* | 0.31(0.17, 0.60)** |
40-44 | 0.33(0.19, 0.59)* | 0.22(0.10, 0.49)** |
45-49 | 0.42(0.21, 0.86)* | 0.39(0.15, 1.01)** |
Contraceptive use
| ||
Yes | 1.00 | 1.00 |
No | 6.15(4.36, 8.68)* | 5.91(4.02,8.69)** |
Breast feeding
| ||
<=24 months | 26.27(6.31, 109.37)* | 30.8 1(6.97,136.19)** |
>24 months | 1.00 | 1.00 |