Table 1 Socio–demographic and economic characteristics of study participant at Dabat District, northwest Ethiopia, 2015
Variables | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Child sex | ||
Male | 598 | 50.5 |
Female | 586 | 49.5 |
Child age (in months) | ||
6–11 | 180 | 15.2 |
12–36 | 693 | 58.5 |
37-59 | 311 | 26.3 |
Maternal age (in years) | ||
15–34 | 678 | 57.3 |
35–50 | 506 | 42.7 |
Marital status of the mother | ||
Currently unmarried | 131 | 11.1 |
Currently married | 1053 | 88.9 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 1122 | 94.8 |
Othersa | 62 | 5.2 |
Mother’s educational status | ||
No formal education | 822 | 69.6 |
Formal education | 359 | 30.4 |
Mother’s employment status | ||
Housewife | 683 | 57.7 |
Farmer | 314 | 26.5 |
Othersb | 187 | 15.8 |
Father’s educational status | ||
No formal education | 794 | 67.1 |
Formal education | 390 | 32.9 |
Health care access of the household | ||
Good | 1046 | 88.3 |
Poor | 138 | 11.7 |
Household size | ||
≤ 5 | 618 | 52.2 |
> 5 | 566 | 47.8 |
Sources of food for household consumption | ||
Own production | 822 | 69.4 |
Purchasing | 320 | 27.0 |
Othersc | 42 | 3.6 |
Household wealth status | ||
Poor | 447 | 37.8 |
Medium | 355 | 30.0 |
Rich | 382 | 32.2 |