Selected survey characteristics including HIV prevalence and response rates in 15–49 year old women and 15–59 year old men by region in 2011 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey.

a The overall women’s/men’s response rate is defined as the eligible women’s/men’s response rate x the household response rate (see report for details [8]).b The HIV testing response rate is defined as the percentage of eligible persons 15–49 years old who participated in HIV testing. Non-responders included those who refused testing, were absent at the time of the survey or there were technical difficulties with blood taking.c HIV prevalence is HIV prevalence for 15–49 year women and men. This is the only variable in the table that reports data from both the 2005 and 2011 EDHS.d This variable refers to the percent of the respondents from this region that were calculated to fall in the poorest 20% (quintile) of the nationally derived wealth band. The wealth quintiles were derived from an asset index in the 2011 EDHS (see reference for details [8]).e Highest education level attained: Primary and Secondary refer to any primary or secondary schooling attained respectively.Selected survey characteristics including HIV prevalence and response rates in 15–49 year old women and 15–59 year old men by region in 2011 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey.