Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of parents and children age 12 – 23 months of Arba Minch town and Arba Minch ZuriaDistrict, Southern Ethiopia, 2013; (N = 360)
Variable | Category | Frequency (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Index child | Sex of index child | Male | 325 (51.6) |
Female | 305 (48.4) | ||
Birth place | Home | 446 (70.8) | |
Health institution | 184 (29.2) | ||
Birth attendant | Mother alone | 68 (10.8) | |
Family member | 177 (28.1) | ||
Neighbor | 70 (11.1) | ||
Traditional birth attendant | 88 (14) | ||
Health professional | 116 (34.4) | ||
Other | 11 (7.1) | ||
Living condition | Both parents | 556 (88.3) | |
Mother only | 52 (8.3) | ||
Grand parents | 22 (3.5) | ||
Mother | Ever ANC visit for index child | Yes | 569 (90.3) |
No | 61 (9.7) | ||
Residence | Urban | 178 (28.3) | |
Rural | 452 (71.7) | ||
TT vaccine taken | Yes | 459 (72.9) | |
No | 171 (27.1) | ||
Mother religion | Protestant | 423 (67.1) | |
Orthodox | 183 (29.0) | ||
Muslim | 4 (0.6) | ||
Other | 20 (3.2) | ||
Mother marital status | Married | 582 (92.4) | |
Not married | 30 ( 4.8) | ||
Divorced | 9 (1.4) | ||
Widowed | 9 (1.4) | ||
Mother education status | No education | 262 (41.6) | |
Primary school | 252 (40.0) | ||
High school | 116 (18.4) | ||
Mother occupation | House wife | 510 (81.0) | |
Daily laborer | 31 (4.9) | ||
Private worker | 49 (7.8) | ||
Government employed | 21 (3.3) | ||
Other | 19 (3.0) | ||
Father | Father education | No education | 159 (25.2) |
Primary school | 293 (46.5) | ||
High school | 178 (28.3) | ||