Table 2.

Child, maternal and environmental characteristics of in Woreda 8, Lideta Sub-City, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 2014

Variable	Category	Number of observations	Relative frequency
Frequency of infection/ illness in a year prior to the study period	No illness	102	22.2
	1	114	24.8
	>1	243	52.9
Presence of illness/infection in the last two week	Yes	176	38.3
	No	283	61.7
Nature of the floor of the house	Cement/brick/ceramic	351	76.5
	Soil	108	23.5
Presence of dirt in finger nails	Yes	216	47.1
	No	243	52.9
Meal frequency in a day prior to data collection	>3	225	49.0
	3	177	38.6
	<3	57	12.4
Main source of power used for cooking	Electric	332	72.3
	Wood/kerosene	127	27.7
Duration of general breast feed(in months)	Not breast feed	10	2.2
	<12	67	14.6
	12-24	201	43.8
	>24	12	6.4
	Do not remember	60	13.1
Birth order	≤2	321	69.9
	>2	138	30.1
Bath taking of the child	Daily	18	3.9
	2-4 times/week	48	10.5
	Weekly	393	85.6
Presence of hand washing facility near the latrine	Yes	177	39.6
	No	270	60.4
Main decision maker of the household	Father	204	44.7
	Mother	82	17.9
	Both by discussion	138	30.1
	Not sure	35	7.4

Illness/Infection: illnesses that enforces children to visit health centers/hospitals and take medication.