Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants (n=315), Wolayta Sodo Town, January 2014
| Variables | Employed n (%) |
Unemployed n (%) |
| Mean(SD) | ||
| Child age in month | 30.73±14.8 | 27.4±14.2 |
| Maternal age | 27±5.23 | 26.2±5.34 |
| Family size | 5.17±1.88 | 5.01±1.76 |
| Marital status | ||
| Married | 102(32.4) | 189(59.4) |
| Unmarried | 1(0.3) | 2(0.6) |
| Divorced | 8(2.5) | 0(0) |
| Widowed | 9(2.9) | 6(1.9) |
| Education | ||
| Literate | 97(30.8) | 167(53.0) |
| Not read & write | 23(7.3) | 28(8.9) |
| Religion | ||
| Protestant | 72(22.8) | 113(35.9) |
| Orthodox | 43(13.7) | 75(23.8) |
| Muslim | 6(1.9) | 3(1.0) |
| Catholic | 2(0.6) | 1(0.3) |
| Under five children size | ||
| One | 102(32.4) | 166(52.7) |
| Two | 16(5.1) | 27(8.6) |
| Three | 2(0.6) | 2(0.6) |
| Household wealth | ||
| First | 19(15.8) | 44(22.6) |
| Second | 24(20.0) | 40(20.5) |
| Third | 19(15.8) | 44(22.6) |
| Fourth | 31(25.8) | 35(17.9) |
| Fifth | 27(22.5) | 32(16.4) |