Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants among primipara mothers who had infants aged 6–12 months in the Awi Zone, northwest Ethiopia, 2023.
| Variables | Category | Event (%) | Censored (%) | Total (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age of mothers in years | 15–24 | 323 (85.45) | 55 (14.55) | 378 (51.64) |
| 25–34 | 252 (82.08) | 55 (17.92) | 307 (41.94) | |
| ≥35 | 39 (82.98) | 8 (17.02) | 47 (6.42) | |
| Age of infants in months | 6–8 | 213 (76.62) | 65 (23.38) | 278 (37.98) |
| 9–12 | 401 (88.33) | 53 (11.67) | 454 (62.02) | |
| Marital status | Married | 536 (83.88) | 103 (16.12) | 639 (87.30) |
| Unmarried | 78 (83.87) | 15 (16.13) | 93 (12.70) | |
| Mothers' educational status | No formal education | 448 (83.43) | 89 (16.57) | 537 (73.36) |
| Primary Education | 84 (84.85) | 15 (15.15) | 99 (13.52) | |
| Secondary and above | 82 (85.42) | 14 (14.58) | 96 (13.11) | |
| Husbands' educational status | No formal education | 319 (83.51) | 63 (16.49) | 382 (59.78) |
| Primary Education | 144 (82.76) | 30 (17.24) | 174 (27.23) | |
| Secondary and above | 73 (87.95) | 10 (12.05) | 83 (12.99) | |
| Sex of infants | Male | 272 (82.93) | 56 (17.07) | 328 (44.81) |
| Female | 342 (84.65) | 62 (15.35) | 404 (55.19) | |
| Religion | Orthodox | 609 (83.88) | 117 (16.12) | 726 (99.18) |
| Muslim | 5 (83.33) | 1 (16.67) | 6 (0.82) | |
| Family size | <4 | 525 (83.60) | 103 (16.40) | 628 (85.79) |
| ≥4 | 89 (85.58) | 15 (14.42) | 104 (14.21) | |
| Mass media exposure | Yes | 295 (83.81) | 57 (16.19) | 352 (48.09) |
| No | 319 (83.95) | 61 (16.05) | 380 (51.91) | |
| Wealth index | Poorest | 116 (78.91) | 31 (21.09) | 147(20.08) |
| Poor | 128 (84.21) | 24 (15.79) | 152 (20.77) | |
| Middle | 125 (88.03) | 17 (11.97) | 142 (19.40) | |
| Rich | 124 (84.35) | 23 (15.65) | 147 (20.08) | |
| Richest | 121 (84.03) | 23 (15.97) | 144 (19.67) |