Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants in Ethiopia, 2016 (n = 5609)
Characteristics | Weighted frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Maternal age | ||
15–24 years | 1028 | 17.28% |
25–34 years | 3267 | 54.90% |
35–49 years | 1655 | 27.82% |
Maternal education | ||
None | 4127 | 69.37% |
Primary school | 1458 | 24.51% |
Secondary and above | 364 | 6.12% |
Working status | 3176 | 53.40% |
Working | 2773 | 46.60% |
not working | ||
Sex of household head | ||
Male | 5111 | 85.90% |
Female | 837 | 14.00% |
Family Wealth status | ||
Poor | 2882 | 48.45% |
Middle | 1201 | 20.20% |
Rich | 1865 | 31.36% |
Perceived distance to health facilities | ||
Big problem | 3624 | 61.00% |
Not big problem | 2324 | 39.00% |
Health related decision making autonomy | ||
Husband only | 1239 | 21.95% |
Jointly | 3683 | 65.24% |
Mother alone | 723 | 12.80% |
Place of delivery to the last birth | ||
Home | 4754 | 79.92% |
Health facility | 1194 | 20.08% |
Sex of the child | ||
Male | 3218 | 54.10% |
Female | 2730 | 45.90% |
Age of the child(months) | ||
24–35 months | 1830 | 31.80% |
36–47 months | 1903 | 33.00% |
48–59 months | 2028 | 35.20% |
Diarrhea in the last 2 weeks | ||
No | 5423 | 91.16% |
Yes | 526 | 8.84% |
Place of residency | ||
Urban | 625 | 10.50% |
Rural | 5323 | 89.50% |
Region | ||
Tigray | 360 | 6.06% |
Afar | 63 | 1.06% |
Amhara | 1125 | 18.92% |
Oromia | 2574 | 43.26% |
Somali | 291 | 4.88% |
Benishangul | 69 | 1.16% |
SNNP | 1291 | 1.16% |
Gambela | 15 | 21.71% |
Harari | 14 | 0.23% |
Addis Ababa | 121 | 2.04% |
Dire Dawa | 25 | 0.43% |
Community poverty | ||
Low | 3659 | 61.50% |
High | 2290 | 38.50% |
Community literacy | ||
Low | 3044 | 51.20% |
High | 2905 | 48.80% |