Table 1.

Socio-economic and demographic characteristics of mothers with KG school children aged 3–6 years in Bahirdar town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2015

Characteristics	Frequency	Percent (%)
Age of child (in months)
36–60 months	331	71.6
61–72 months	131	28.4
Sex of child
Female	236	51.1
Male	226	48.9
Grade level of the child
KG-1	181	39.2
KG-2	150	32.5
KG-3	131	28.4
Marital status of mothers
Married	426	92.2
Othersa	36	7.8
Religion
Orthodox Christians	391	84.6
Muslim	40	8.7
Othersb	31	6.7
Educational status of mothers
Unable to write and read	27	5.8
Able to write and read	26	5.6
Primary education	147	31.8
Secondary	215	46.5
Above secondary school	47	10.2
Occupational status of mothers
Housewife	195	42.2
Government employee	124	26.8
Merchant	77	16.7
Non Governmental Organization (NGO) employee	36	7.8
Othersc	30	6.5
Family size
<5	245	53
≥5	217	47
Household monthly income in Ethiopia Birr
<2000	170	36.8
≥2000	292	63.2
Family/private car for child transport
Yes	30	6.5
No	432	93.5

^aSingle, divorced and widowed

^bProtestant and Catholic

^cPrivate workers, daily laborer