Table 1.

Frequency and percentage distribution of individual level background characteristics of mothers and their children aged 12–59 months, EDHS 2011 (n = 4983)

Characteristics		Number	Percent (%)
Fully immunized	No	3701	74.3
	Yes	1282	25.7
Children age group (months)	12–23	955	19.2
	24–35	1207	24.2
	36–47	1431	28.7
	48–59	1390	27.9
Sex of child	Female	2436	48.9
	Male	2547	51.1
Children birth order	1st	909	18.3
	2nd–4th	2224	44.6
	≥5th	1850	37.1
Child place of birth	Home	4498	90.3
	Health institution	483	9.7
	Missing	2	0.0
Mothers age group (years)	≤24	1048	21.0
	25–34	2650	53.2
	≥35	1285	25.8
Fathers age group (years)	≤24	151	3.0
	25–34	1701	34.0
	≥35	2720	55.0
	Missing	411	8.0
Maternal educational level	No education	3561	71.5
	Primary	1253	25.1
	Secondary and above	169	3.4
Fathers educational level	No education	2657	53.3
	Primary	1846	37.0
	Secondary and above	459	9.2
	Missing	21	0.4
Sex of head of household	Female	897	18.0
	Male	4086	82.0
Marital status	Never in union (single)	21	0.4
	Living together	4588	92.1
	Not living together	374	7.5
Maternal ANC utilization	No	1673	33.6
	Yes	1242	24.9
	Missing	2068	41.5
Maternal TT utilization	No	1448	29.1
	Yes	1467	29.4
	Missing	2068	41.5
Religious affiliation	Orthodox	1535	30.8
	Muslim	2242	45.0
	Protestant	1050	21.1
	Traditional and others	156	2.1
Mothers occupation	Did not work	2521	50.6
	Non professional	1521	30.5
	Professional	887	17.8
	Missing	54	1.1
Fathers occupation	Did not work	110	2.2
	Non professional	4104	81.6
	Professional	769	16.2
Wealth index	Poorest	1472	29.5
	Poor	1027	20.6
	Medium	886	17.8
	Rich	902	18.1
	Richest	696	14.0
Media exposure	Not exposed	4033	80.9
	Exposed	950	19.1
Maternal health care decision making	Husband/partner alone	1283	28.0
	By her self	689	15.0
	Jointly with her husband	2610	57.0
Number of under five child		Median	2 (IQR = 1)