Table 1 Household, caretaker, and child characteristics of children aged 6–23 months in Ethiopia, n = 2861
Variable (Missing) | Frequency (%)a | |
|---|---|---|
Place of residence (0) | Urban | 601 (12.1) |
Rural | 2260 (87.9) | |
Respondent’s age in years | Mean (SD) | 28.6 (6.6) |
Median (Q1, Q2) | 28 (24, 33) | |
Respondent age in years | 15–24 | 856 (27.5) |
25–34 | 1448 (52.0) | |
35–49 | 557 (20.5) | |
Religion (0) | Orthodox | 864 (34.4) |
Muslim | 1418 (40.2) | |
Protestant | 509 (22.0) | |
Others | 70 (3.4%) | |
Respondent education (0) | No education | 1715 (61.2) |
Any education | 1146 (38.8) | |
Husband education (146) | No education | 1799 (58.7) |
Any education | 916 (41.3) | |
Number of under 5 children (0) | Mean (SD) | 1.8 (0.8) |
Median (Q1, Q3) | 2 (1, 2) | |
Wealth index (0) | Poorest | 963 (23.2) |
Poorer | 479 (21.2) | |
Middle | 426 (22.0) | |
Richer | 352 (18.2) | |
Richest | 641 (15.4) | |
Caretaker occupation (0) | Not working | 1044 (26.9) |
Agricultural | 1231 (52.0) | |
Non-agricultural | 586 (21.1) | |
Husband occupation (146) | Not working | 311 (8.3) |
Agricultural | 1407 (64.0) | |
Non-agricultural | 997 (27.7) | |
Access to media at least once a week | No | 2223 (80.7) |
Yes | 638 (19.3) | |
Total number of livestock (0) | Mean (SD) | 8.9 (11.8) |
Median (Q1, Q3) | 6 (2, 12) | |
Livestock ownership (0) | Does not own | 762 (17.5) |
Own | 2099 (82.5) | |
Ownership of land usable for agriculture (0) | Does not own | 1077 (23.0) |
Own | 1784 (77.0) | |
Number of household assets (0) | Mean (SD) | 2.7 (2.4) |
Median (Q1, Q3) | 2 (1, 4) | |
Child sex | Male | 1419 (47.1) |
Female | 1442 (52.9) | |
Child age in months | Mean (SD) | 13.9 (5.0) |
Median (Q1, Q3) | 14 (10, 18) | |
Minimum dietary diversity | No (< 4 food groups | 2491 (86.3) |
Yes (> = 4 food groups) | 370 (13.7) | |