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Table 6.8 Recent sexual activity: men
Percent distribution of men by sexual activity in the four weeks preceding the
survey, according to background characteristics, Ethiopia 2000
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Not
Sexually sexually Never
active active had
Background in last in last intercharacteristic
4 weeks 4 weeks course Total Number
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Age
15-19
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-44
45-49
50-54
55-59
Marital status
Never married
In polygynous union
In monogamous union
Formerly married
4.2 11.2 84.6 100.0 600
23.6 29.6 46.8 100.0 408
59.2 25.8 14.9 100.0 343
75.5 21.0 3.4 100.0 276
71.6 28.4 0.0 100.0 304
69.8 29.8 0.4 100.0 182
69.4 29.4 1.2 100.0 207
75.9 24.1 0.0 100.0 142
66.5 33.4 0.1 100.0 146
6.6 20.8 72.6 100.0 1,040
88.1 11.9 0.0 100.0 129
77.8 22.1 0.1 100.0 1,331
8.0 86.7 5.2 100.0 107
Residence
Urban
Rural
Education
No education
Primary
Secondary and higher
Total
41.7 32.0 26.2 100.0 379
47.9 22.3 29.7 100.0 2,228
52.4 25.1 22.6 100.0 1,358
42.6 19.4 38.0 100.0 860
38.2 28.6 33.2 100.0 388
47.0 23.7 29.2 100.0 2,607
secondary education or higher. However, this variation may be attributed to the confounding association
between education and age; younger women are more likely to be more educated than older women,
and the more educated tend to be concentrated in urban areas. Recent sexual activity ranges from a low
of 26 percent in Addis Ababa, the most urbanized area of the country, to a high of 56 percent in the
Amhara Region. Not surprisingly, higher proportions of women using contraceptive methods were
sexually active in the four weeks preceding the survey than those who were not using a method.
The proportion of women abstaining postpartum for 0 to 1 years rises to a high of 9 percent
among women age 25-29 and then declines thereafter, declines with marital duration for the most part,
is higher among rural than urban women, is lowest in Addis Ababa and highest in the Gambela Region,
and declines with women’s educational level. Postpartum abstinence, in general, is much lower among
women who are using contraception than among women who are not. On the other hand, abstinence
unrelated to childbirth, rises with age and marital duration, but is lower among rural than urban women,
lowest in the SNNP Region and highest in Dire Dawa and the Harari Region, is highest among women
with no education, and is generally higher among nonusers of contraception than among users.
Forty-seven percent of men interviewed were sexually active in the four weeks prior to the
survey, 29 percent had never had sex, and the remaining 24 percent were not sexually active recently
82 * Other Proximate Determinants of Fertility