Department of Statistics, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia
Research Article
Factor Associated with Children Ever Born among Married Women in Ethiopia: Evidence from the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey Data
Author(s): Shewayiref Geremew Gebremichael
Background: Children ever born are one of the main components that decide the population size, structure, and composition over time of any country. The average number of children born ever per woman in Ethiopia was 4.6 in 2016, which is higher than the average number of children ever born per woman in the world. This study aimed to estimate the magnitude and identify associated factors of children ever born for the country at large.
Method: Ethiopian Demography and Health Survey of 2016 data were accessed and used for the analysis. A total of 9602 married women were included in the analysis. Poisson and Negative Binomial models were used to identify determinant factors associated with the number of children ever born in Ethiopia.
Results: A total of 9,602 women were included in this study. About 90.6% of women have.. View more»