Table 2 Frequency distribution of selected socio demographic characteristics among mother-child paired subject groups of the study; Halaba special woreda, SNNPR Ethiopia, 2014
Socio demographic characteristics of mother-child paired study subjects (n = 420) | ||
|---|---|---|
Variables | Numbers | Percent (%) |
Age of mother in years | ||
15–19 | 7 | 1.7 |
20–24 | 73 | 17.4 |
25–29 | 164 | 39.0 |
30–34 | 143 | 34.0 |
≥35 | 33 | 7.9 |
Age of child in months | ||
0–1 | 56 | 13.3 |
2–3 | 108 | 25.7 |
4–5 | 256 | 61.0 |
Sex of child | ||
Male | 205 | 48.8 |
Female | 215 | 51.2 |
Relation of mother to head of household | ||
Wife | 417 | 99.3 |
Other than wife | 3 | 0.7 |
Religion | ||
Muslim | 413 | 98.3 |
Christian | 7 | 1.7 |
Ethnicity | ||
Halaba | 393 | 93.6 |
Kambata | 17 | 4.0 |
Hadiya | 1 | 0.2 |
Oromo | 4 | 1.0 |
Silte | 5 | 1.2 |
Attended formal school | ||
Yes | 106 | 25.2 |
No | 314 | 74.8 |
Marital status | ||
Single | 5 | 1.2 |
Married (active) | 414 | 98.6 |
Divorced | 1 | 0.2 |
Occupation | ||
Student | 3 | 0.7 |
Worker | 9 | 2.2 |
House wife/unemployed | 408 | 97.1 |
Average monthly income | ||
0–100 Birr | 44 | 10.5 |
101–500 Birr | 225 | 53.6 |
500 ≥ Birr | 75 | 17.9 |
Don’t know | 74 | 17.6 |