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Table 2 Reproductive and high-risk fertility behavior of women who gave birth 5 years before the survey in Ethiopia, 2016 (n = 11,022)

From: Determinants of high-risk fertility behavior among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia using the recent Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey: a multilevel analysis

Variable

High-risk fertility problem

Total (%)

X-square value

p value

Yes

No

Wanted pregnancy

 Yes

6189

2089

8279 (75.11)

7.89

0.005

 No

2228

514

2743 (24.89)

Place delivery

 Home

6234

1762

7997 (72.55)

68.80

< 0.001

 Health institution

2183

842

3025 (27.45)

History of stillbirth

 Yes

748

217

966 (8.77)

1.11

0.291

 No

7668

2387

10,056 (91.23)

Anemia

 Severe

134

22

157 (1.48)

31.59

< 0.001

 Moderate

694

150

744 (7.00)

 Mild

1833

480

2321 (21.82)

 No anemia

5562

1853

7416 (69.70)

Birth order

 1

2057

1

2058 (18.62)

1.1

0.412

 2–4

2113

2604

4718 (42.81)

 5+

4241

3

4245 (38.52)

Parity

 Primiparous

1433

1

1434 (13.01)

1.5

0.123

 Multiparous

2266

2568

4833 (43.87)

 Grand multiparity

4716

35

4752 (42.1)

Delivery type

 Vaginal

8277

2532

212 (1.9)

6.41

0.011

 Cesarean

140

72

10,909 (98.1)