Table 1 Background characteristics of mothers/caretakers of under five children, Adami Tulu district, Ethiopia 2014 (N = 428)
Caretakers | Cases | Controls | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | N (%) | N (%) | |
Sex | |||
Male | 25 (23.36 %) | 66 (20.56 %) | 0.54 |
Female | 82 (76.6 %) | 255 (79.4 %) | |
Mean age (years | 29 (SD = 6.90) | 28 (SD = 7.70) | 0.15 |
Residence | |||
Rural | 82 (76.63 %) | 247 (76.95 %) | 0.94 |
Urban | 25 (23.36 %) | 74 (23.05 %) | |
Ethnicity | |||
Oromo | 98 (91.59 %) | 296 (92.21 %) | 0.83 |
Others | 9 (8.41 %) | 25 (7.78 %) | |
Educational status | |||
No education | 70 (65.42) | 181 (56.39 %) | 0.03 |
Primary (grade 1–8) | 29 (27.73 %) | 89 (27.72 %) | 0.09 |
≥ Secondary (≥9) | 8 (7.48 %) | 51 (15.89 %) | |
Occupation | |||
Housewife | 70 (65.42) | 193 (60.13 %) | 0.61 |
Farmer | 27 (25.24 %) | 96 (29.91 %) | 0.98 |
Daily labourer | 5 (4.67 %) | 14 (4.36 %) | 0.73 |
Other | 5 (4.67 %) | 18 (5.61 %) | |
Marital status | |||
Married | 104 (97.20 %) | 304 (94.70 %) | 0.30 |
Others | 3 (2.80 %) | 17 (5.30 %) | |
Mean Monthly family | |||
income(ETH birr) | 744 (SD = 603) | 678(SD = 682) | 0.34 |
Radio | |||
Yes | 58 (54.20 %) | 201 (62.62 %) | 0.12 |
No | 49 (45.80 %) | 120 (37.38 %) | |
Roof | |||
Thatched | 37 (34.58 %) | 84 (26.20 %) | 0.09 |
Iron | 70 (65.42 %) | 237 (73.83 %) | |
Bicycle | |||
Yes | 26 (24.30 %) | 84 (26.20 %) | 0.70 |
No | 81 (75.70 %) | 237 (73.83 %) |