Spatial variation and determinates of dietary diversity among children aged 6–23 months in Ethiopia: spatial and multilevel analysis using Ethiopian Demography Health Survey (EDHS) 2019

Table 2 Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of children age 6–23 month and their caregiver in Ethiopia Demography Health Survey, 2019 (n = 1578)

Variables	Categories	Weighted Frequency	Percentage
Age of the child	6-11 m	507.61	32.17
	12-17 m	570.91	36.18
	18-23 m	499.50	31.65
Child sex	Male	821.39	52.05
Child sex	Female	756.63	47.95
Number of under-5 children in the household	2 or less	1418.84	89.91
Number of under-5 children in the household	3 and above	159.18	10.09
Sex of the household head	Male	1358.79	86.11
Sex of the household head	Female	219.22	13.89
Mother education level	No education	711.54	45.09
	Primary	646.86	40.99
	Secondary	134.37	8.52
	Higher	85.24	5.40
Wealth index	Poor	651.72	41.30
	Middle	298.76	18.93
	Rich	627.53	39.77
Marital status	No married	87.20	5.53
Marital status	Married	1490.81	94.47
Age of women in year	15–24	506.38	32.09
	25–34	788.67	49.89
	35–49	282.96	17.93
Number of household members	< = 5	872.88	55.32
Number of household members	6 and above	705.13	44.68
Child lives with whom	Mother	1490.91	98.97
Child lives with whom	Lives else where	15.58	1.03
Religion	Orthodox	574.39	36.40
	Catholic	6.55	0.42
	Protestant	433.56	27.48
	Muslim	534.59	33.88
	Tradition	25.86	1.06
	Other	8	0.50

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