Table 1 Characteristic of the study participants of khat chewing among women in Ethiopia
Variables | Total | Current khat chewing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | No | Yes | ||||
N | % | n | % | ||||
Age group in years | 15–19 | 3498 | 22.3 | 3375 | 96.5 | 123 | 3.5 |
20–24 | 2903 | 18.5 | 2717 | 93.6 | 186 | 6.4 | |
25–29 | 2845 | 18.1 | 2586 | 90.9 | 259 | 9.1 | |
30–34 | 2241 | 14.3 | 1964 | 87.6 | 277 | 12.4 | |
35–39 | 1917 | 12.2 | 1708 | 89.1 | 209 | 10.9 | |
40–44 | 1302 | 8.3 | 1134 | 87.1 | 168 | 12.9 | |
45–49 | 977 | 6.2 | 878 | 89.9 | 99 | 10.1 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 6413 | 40.9 | 6231 | 97.2 | 182 | 2.8 |
Catholic | 91 | 0.6 | 89 | 97.8 | 2 | 2.2 | |
Protestant | 2814 | 17.9 | 2810 | 99.9 | 4 | 0.1 | |
Muslim | 6209 | 39.6 | 5078 | 81.8 | 1131 | 18.2 | |
Traditional | 84 | 0.5 | 82 | 97.6 | 2 | 2.4 | |
Other | 72 | 0.5 | 72 | 100 | 0 | 0 | |
Educational level | No education | 7033 | 44.8 | 6310 | 89.7 | 723 | 10.3 |
Primary | 5213 | 33.2 | 4780 | 91.7 | 433 | 8.3 | |
Secondary | 2238 | 14.3 | 2128 | 95.1 | 110 | 4.9 | |
Higher | 1199 | 7.7 | 1144 | 95.4 | 55 | 4.6 | |
Residence | Urban | 5348 | 34.1 | 4876 | 91.2 | 472 | 8.8 |
Rural | 10,335 | 65.9 | 9486 | 91.8 | 849 | 8.2 | |
Household head | Male | 10,853 | 69.2 | 9901 | 91.2 | 952 | 8.8 |
Female | 4830 | 30.8 | 4461 | 92.4 | 369 | 7.6 | |
Relationship to household head | Head | 2803 | 17.9 | 2536 | 90.5 | 267 | 9.5 |
Wife | 7413 | 47.3 | 6618 | 89.3 | 795 | 10.7 | |
Daughter | 3761 | 24.0 | 3582 | 95.2 | 179 | 4.8 | |
Grand daughter | 178 | 1.1 | 174 | 97.8 | 4 | 2.2 | |
Mother | 28 | 0.2 | 25 | 89.3 | 3 | 10.7 | |
Sister | 366 | 2.3 | 345 | 94.3 | 21 | 5.7 | |
Other relative | 621 | 3.9 | 595 | 95.8 | 26 | 4.2 | |
Not relative | 513 | 3.3 | 487 | 94.9 | 26 | 5.1 | |
Reads newspaper/magazine | No | 13,106 | 83.6 | 11,936 | 91.1 | 1170 | 8.9 |
Yes | 2577 | 16.4 | 2426 | 94.1 | 151 | 5.9 | |
Listens to radio | No | 10,338 | 65.9 | 9433 | 91.3 | 905 | 8.7 |
Yes | 5345 | 34.1 | 4929 | 92.2 | 416 | 7.8 | |
Watches TV | No | 10,084 | 64.3 | 9226 | 91.5 | 858 | 8.5 |
Yes | 5599 | 35.7 | 5136 | 91.7 | 463 | 8.3 | |
Uses internet | No | 14,329 | 91.4 | 13,089 | 91.4 | 1240 | 8.6 |
Yes | 1354 | 8.6 | 1273 | 94.0 | 81 | 6.0 | |
Wealth index | Poorest | 3874 | 24.8 | 3664 | 94.1 | 230 | 5.9 |
Poorer | 2046 | 13.0 | 1804 | 88.2 | 242 | 11.8 | |
Middle | 2002 | 12.8 | 1807 | 90.3 | 195 | 9.7 | |
Richer | 2042 | 13.0 | 1893 | 92.7 | 149 | 7.3 | |
Richest | 5699 | 36.3 | 5194 | 91.1 | 505 | 8.9 | |
Any STI last 12 months | No | 15,600 | 99.5 | 14,286 | 91.6 | 1314 | 8.4 |
Yes | 83 | 0.5 | 76 | 91.6 | 7 | 8.4 | |
Children | None | 5409 | 34.5 | 5167 | 95.5 | 242 | 4.5 |
1 | 1974 | 12.6 | 1811 | 91.7 | 163 | 8.3 | |
2 | 1704 | 10.9 | 1549 | 90.9 | 155 | 9.1 | |
≥3 | 6596 | 42.0 | 5835 | 88.5 | 761 | 11.5 | |
Number of sexual partner | None | 1282 | 8.2 | 1213 | 94.6 | 69 | 5.4 |
1 | 9178 | 58.5 | 8387 | 91.4 | 791 | 8.6 | |
2 | 2207 | 14.1 | 2021 | 91.6 | 186 | 8.4 | |
≥3 | 577 | 3.7 | 530 | 91.8 | 47 | 8.2 | |
Not known | 2439 | 15.5 | 2211 | 90.7 | 228 | 9.3 | |
Most recent sex partner | Spouse | 9203 | 58.7 | 8396 | 91.2 | 807 | 8.8 |
Other | 691 | 4.4 | 657 | 95.1 | 34 | 4.9 | |
No partner | 162 | 1.0 | 151 | 93.2 | 11 | 6.8 | |
Not known | 5627 | 35.9 | 5158 | 91.7 | 469 | 8.3 | |
Life time khat use | No | 14,130 | 90.1 | – | – | – | – |
Yes | 1553 | 9.9 | – | – | – | – | |
Current khat chewing | No | 14,366 | 91.6 | – | – | – | – |
Yes | 1317 | 8.4 | – | – | – | – | |