INCONSISTENCIES WHICH SUGGEST A PROBLEM WITH THE DATA COLLECTION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

Abstract: The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in 1994 signaled a major breakthrough in the way governments and health professionals think about the reproductive health. Data on currently married women aged 15-49 from the 2011 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey were analyzed to correlate fertility decline rate and health matters. Findings show that 67 percent of population has access to any type of potential health services. In Ethiopia total fertility rate is 4.8 births per women in 2011. The maternal mortality rate, 676 per 100,000 live births and the infant mortality rate at 56 per 1,000 live births are among the highest in the world. Only 34 percent of women receive antenatal care and skilled personnel attend only 8 percent of births. Even though associations were not consistent across all indicators, spousal discussion of family planning was linked to an increased likelihood of receiving skilled antenatal care, delivery care and health services. Postnatal care is extremely low in Ethiopia. Low status of women in Ethiopia underpins and often directly undermines utilization of reproductive health services. The reproductive health care is the major issue which determines the demographic goals of any couple.