TABLE 1.

Socio‐demographic characteristics of mothers with infants aged 0–6 months old, Mettu Town, Southwest Ethiopia, 2021.

Variables (N = 366)	Category	Frequency	Percent
Age of mother	15–24	176	48.1
	24–34	176	48.1
	≥35	14	3.8
Marital status	Married	359	98.1
	Single/divorced	7	1.9
Religion	Orthodox	133	36.3
	Protestant	136	37.2
	Muslim	97	26.5
Maternal education	No formal education	24	6.6
	Primary education	87	23.8
	Secondary education	111	30.3
	College and above	144	39.3
Ethnicity	Oromo	286	78.1
	Amara	43	11.7
	Other a	37	10.1
Maternal occupation	Housewife	171	46.7
	Merchant	65	17.8
	Government employee	87	23.7
	Private employee	12	3.3
	Other b	31	8.5
Wealth index	Poor	122	33.4
	Medium	124	33.8
	Rich	120	32.8

^a Tigre, Gurage, and Kaffa.

^b Student, unemployed, and daily labor.