Table 1 Socio–demographic and economic related characteristics of children aged 6–23 months and the family at Bale zone, Southeast Ethiopia, 2016(n = 801)
Characteristics | Category | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
Age of the child (in months) | 6–8 month | 135 | 16.9 |
9–11 months | 139 | 17.4 | |
12–23 months | 527 | 65.8 | |
Sex of the child | Male | 468 | 58.4 |
Female | 333 | 41.6 | |
Birth order of the child | 1st | 245 | 30.6 |
2nd | 199 | 24.8 | |
3rd | 125 | 15.6 | |
≥ 4th | 232 | 29.0 | |
Maternal age (in years) | < 25 years | 312 | 39.0 |
25–35 years | 393 | 49.0 | |
≥ 36 years | 96 | 12.0 | |
Religion | Muslim | 503 | 62.8 |
Orthodox | 258 | 32.2 | |
Protestant | 34 | 4.2 | |
Catholic | 6 | 0.7 | |
Maternal marital status | Married | 752 | 93.9 |
Single | 23 | 2.9 | |
Divorced | 26 | 3.2 | |
Mothers educational level | Illiterate | 195 | 24.3 |
Informal education | 31 | 3.9 | |
Formal education | 575 | 71.7 | |
Employment status of the mother | House wife | 612 | 76.4 |
Farmer | 49 | 6.1 | |
Governmental employed | 50 | 6.2 | |
Daily labourer | 10 | 1.2 | |
Merchant | 80 | 10.0 | |
Educational status of the father | Illiterate | 119 | 15.8 |
Informal education | 44 | 5.9 | |
Formal education | 589 | 78.3 | |
Employment status of the father | Farmer | 416 | 55.3 |
Merchant | 166 | 22.1 | |
Governmental employed | 125 | 16.6 | |
Daily labourer | 45 | 6.0 | |
Household family size | ≤ 3 | 246 | 30.7 |
4–6 | 416 | 51.9 | |
≥ 7 | 139 | 17.4 | |
Household wealth index | Lowest | 151 | 18.9 |
Second | 170 | 21.2 | |
Middle | 160 | 20.0 | |
Fourth | 162 | 20.2 | |
Highest | 158 | 19.7 | |
Maternal exposure to different medias | Yes | 499 | 62.3 |
No | 302 | 37.7 |