Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents, Diredawa, East Ethiopia, 2016

Characteristic	Category	Frequency	Percentages
Age of the mother	15–24	109	36.9%
	25–34	152	51.5%
	35–44	32	10.9%
	> 45	2	0.7%
Age of the child	0–5 months	60	20.3%
	6–24 months	146	49.5%
	24–59 months	89	30.2%
Marital status of the mother	Married	275	93.2%
	Single	2	0.7%
	Widowed	6	2.0%
	Divorced/separated	12	4.1%
Occupation of the mother	Housewife	235	79.7%
	Gov’t/NGO employed	52	17.6%
	Self-employed	8	2.7%
Monthly income of the mother (Binned)	<=1000	106	35.9%
	1001–3000	148	50.2%
	3001 & above	41	13.9%
Mother’s educational status	Unable to read and write	132	44.8%
	Primary	113	38.3%
	Secondary	29	9.8%
	Diploma and above	21	7.1%
The religion of the mother	Islam	199	67.5%
	Orthodox	65	22.0%
	Protestant	29	9.8%
	Others	2	0.7%
The ethnicity of the mother	Oromo	137	46.4%
	Somali	121	41.0%
	Amhara	31	10.5%
	Others	6	2.1%