Table 1.

Parental level characteristics of children aged 06–23 months, Dangila, Northwest Ethiopia, 2014. (n = 920)

Characteristic	Frequency(n)	Percentage (%)
Parental characteristics
Mother’s age (years)
15–24	223	24.2
25–34	512	55.7
35–49	185	20.1
Mother’s religion
Orthodox	758	82.4
Othersa	162	17.6
Mother’s ethnicity
Amhara	904	98.3
Othersb	16	1.7
Marital status
Currently married	827	89.9
Formerly married/notc	93	10.1
Mother’s education
Cannot write and read	392	42.6
Primary education (1–8)	223	24.2
Secondary education (9–12)	219	23.9
Higher educationd	86	9.3
Father’s education (n = 848)
Cannot write and read	252	29.7
Primary education (1–8)	222	26.2
Secondary education (9–12)	244	28.8
Higher educationd	130	15.3
Mother’s work
Currently not worke	695	75.5
Currently working	225	24.5
Father’s work (n = 848)
Farmer	355	41.9
Merchant	149	17.6
Government employee	197	23.2
Non government employee	17	2
Self employee	74	8.7
Labor work	56	6.6

^aMuslim/protestant/catholic, ^bOromo/Tigre, ^csingle/divorced/died, ^dcollege/university, ^ehousewife/student