Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of mothers of study participants, Damot Weydie district, Welayta zone, Ethiopia, 2014
Variables | Categories | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|---|
Ethnicity | Welayta | 396(98.8) |
Amhara | 4(1) | |
Gurage | 1(0.2) | |
Religion | Protestant | 319(79.6) |
Orthodox | 73(18.2) | |
Catholic | 9(2.2) | |
Husband education | No education | 179(44.6) |
Primary | 124(30.9) | |
Secondary + | 98(24.4) | |
Age of mother | 20–24 years | 59(14.7) |
25–29 years | 115(28.7) | |
30–34 years | 121(30.2) | |
35–40 years | 106(26.4) | |
Marital status | Single | 7(1.7) |
Married | 392(97.8) | |
Widowed | 2(0.5) | |
Family size | Below 5 | 186(46.4) |
Above 5 | 215(53.6) | |
Mother occupation | House wife | 268 |
Government employee | 15 | |
Othersa | 118 | |
Household wealth index | Poorest | 87 |
Poorer | 73 | |
Middle | 82 | |
Richer | 79 | |
Richest | 80 | |
Place delivery | Home | 180 |
Health institution | 221 | |
Age of child | 6–11 months | 129 |
12–17 months | 176 | |
18–23 months | 96 | |
Sex of child | Male | 207 |
Female | 194 |