Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the mothers/caregivers and the children in a study of trend and determinants of deworming among 6–59 months children in Ethiopia: based on 2016 EDHS

 Age of women (years)

15–19

1568

19.24

20–34

4415

54.19

35–49

2164

26.56

 Sex of household head

Male

7926

85.99

Female

1291

14.01

 Educational attainment of women

No education

5536

67.96

Primary education

2069

25.4

Secondary & above

541

6.64

 Occupation of women

Not working

4377

53.73

Worked

3769

46.27

 Marital status of a mother

Married

7636

93.73

Not married

511

6.27

 Household family size

1–4

2039

25.03

5–10

5842

71.72

>  11

265

3.25

 Media exposure

No

5519

67.75

Yes

2627

32.55

 Wealth index

Poorest

3858

47.36

Middle

1702

20.89

Richest

2587

31.75

 Pregnancy wontedness

Wanted

5804

71.24

Unwanted

2343

28.76

 ANC visits

No ANC

1946

38.61

At least one ANC

3094

61.39

 Place of delivery

Home delivery

6262

76.86

Health facilities

1885

23.14

 Sex of child

Male

4241

52.06

Female

3905

47.94

 Age of child

12–23 months

2004

24.6

>  23 months

6142

75.4

 Plurality

Single

7955

97.66

Multiple

191

2.34

 Birth order

≤ 3

3919

48.1

>  3

4228

51.9

 Distance from health facilities

Not big problem

3199

39.27

Big problem

4947

60.73

 Community education

Low

4230

51.93

High

3916

48.07

 Community media usage

Low

3639

44.67

High

4508

55.33

 Community poverty

Low

4945

60.71

High

3201

39.29

 Residence

Urban

878

10.77

Rural

7269

89.23

 Region

Metropolis

233

2.85

Large central

7349

90.22

Small periphery

564

6.93