Table 2.
Frequency distribution of selected socio demographic characteristics among mother-child paired subject groups of the study; Halaba special woreda, SNNPR Ethiopia, 2014
| Socio demographic characteristics of mother-child paired study subjects (n = 420) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variables | Numbers | Percent (%) |
| Age of mother in years | ||
| 15–19 | 7 | 1.7 |
| 20–24 | 73 | 17.4 |
| 25–29 | 164 | 39.0 |
| 30–34 | 143 | 34.0 |
| ≥35 | 33 | 7.9 |
| Age of child in months | ||
| 0–1 | 56 | 13.3 |
| 2–3 | 108 | 25.7 |
| 4–5 | 256 | 61.0 |
| Sex of child | ||
| Male | 205 | 48.8 |
| Female | 215 | 51.2 |
| Relation of mother to head of household | ||
| Wife | 417 | 99.3 |
| Other than wife | 3 | 0.7 |
| Religion | ||
| Muslim | 413 | 98.3 |
| Christian | 7 | 1.7 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Halaba | 393 | 93.6 |
| Kambata | 17 | 4.0 |
| Hadiya | 1 | 0.2 |
| Oromo | 4 | 1.0 |
| Silte | 5 | 1.2 |
| Attended formal school | ||
| Yes | 106 | 25.2 |
| No | 314 | 74.8 |
| Marital status | ||
| Single | 5 | 1.2 |
| Married (active) | 414 | 98.6 |
| Divorced | 1 | 0.2 |
| Occupation | ||
| Student | 3 | 0.7 |
| Worker | 9 | 2.2 |
| House wife/unemployed | 408 | 97.1 |
| Average monthly income | ||
| 0–100 Birr | 44 | 10.5 |
| 101–500 Birr | 225 | 53.6 |
| 500 ≥ Birr | 75 | 17.9 |
| Don’t know | 74 | 17.6 |