Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics associated with children aged 6–59 months in Habro Woreda, East Ethiopia 2020 (n = 306).

Variable	Category	Frequency	Percentage (%)
Sex of the child	Male	156	51.0
	Female	150	49.0
Child age	12–24 months	124	40.5
	25–36 months	112	36.6
	37–48 months	53	17.3
	49–60 months	17	5.6
Gender of the household head	Male	277	90.5
	Female	29	9.5
Age of mothers/caregivers	≤ 20yrs	16	5.3
	21–29 years	138	45.1
	30–39 years	128	41.8
	≥40 years	24	7.8
Religion	Muslim	278	90.8
	Orthodox	26	8.5
	Protestant	2	0.7
Educational status of the mother	Illiterate	217	70.9
	Literate	89	29.1
Occupation of mother/caregiver	Housewife	288	94.1
	Government worker	3	1.0
	Merchant	15	4.9
Family size	≤ 3	30	9.8
	4–6	171	55.9
	≥7	105	34.3
Amount of farmland owned	No farmland	13	4.2
	1–4 qindi* of farmland	160	52.3
	>4 qindi of farmland	133	43.5
Source of income from farmland	Only khat	10	3.4
	Only corn	42	14.3
	Both khat and corn	207	70.6
	Both vegetables and sweet potatoes	11	3.8
	Mixed farming	23	7.9
Wealth quintiles	Low	107	35.0
	Middle	98	32.0
	High	101	33.0

^*1-hectar = 4–qindi.