Table 1.
Socioeconomic characteristics of the households in Arba Minch Zuria, 2012.
| Variables | Frequency | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Marital status of mothers | ||
| Married | 565 | 95.7 |
| Single | 25 | 4.3 |
| Mothers' educational status | ||
| No formal education | 366 | 62.0 |
| Primary school and above | 224 | 38.0 |
| Occupation of mother | ||
| Housewife | 517 | 87.7 |
| Merchant | 41 | 6.9 |
| Others* | 32 | 5.4 |
| Fathers' educational status | ||
| No formal education | 357 | 60.5 |
| Primary and above | 233 | 39.5 |
| Paternal occupation | ||
| Farmers | 517 | 87.60 |
| Merchant | 40 | 6.80 |
| Daily laborer | 15 | 2.50 |
| Others | 18 | 3.05 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Gamo | 462 | 78.71 |
| Wolayita | 91 | 15.50 |
| Others** | 34 | 5.79 |
| Number of U5 | ||
| 1 | 395 | 66.9 |
| >1 | 195 | 29.1 |
| Family size | ||
| <5 | 195 | 29.1 |
| ≥5 | 395 | 66.9 |
| Maternal age (in years) | ||
| >20 | 12 | 2.1 |
| 20–24 | 117 | 19.80 |
| 25–29 | 186 | 31.5 |
| 30–34 | 125 | 21.5 |
| ≥35 | 150 | 25.42 |
| Attended antenatal care | ||
| Yes | 446 | 75.6 |
| No | 144 | 24.4 |
| Religion | ||
| Protestant | 371 | 62.9 |
| Orthodox | 205 | 34.75 |
| Muslim | 14 | 2.35 |
*Government employee; daily laborer; **Amara, Gurage, and Oromo.