Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of caregivers of under-five children's in urban and rural resident of Doba woreda, Ethiopia, 2017.
| Variables | Category | Residence | Total (n=559) | |
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| Urban (n =184) | Rural (n=375) | |||
| Age of the caregiver | 15-25 | 80(43.5) | 116(30.9) | 196(35.06) |
| 26-35 | 79(42.9) | 212(56.5) | 291(52.0) | |
| >36 | 25(13.6.) | 47(12.7) | 72(12.4) | |
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| Religion | Muslim | 137(74.5) | 331(88.3) | 468(83.7) |
| Orthodox | 33 (17.9) | 41 (10.9 | 749 (13.3) | |
| Others∗ | 14(7.6) | 3(0.8) | 17(3.0) | |
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| Ethnicity | Oromo | 168 (91.3) | 353 (94.1) | 521(93.2) |
| Amhara | 13(7.1) | 21(5.6) | 34 (6.1) | |
| Others∗∗ | 3(1.6) | 1(0.3) | 4(0.7) | |
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| Educational status | Can't read and write | 22(12.0) | 199(53) | 221(39.5) |
| Read and write | 3(1.6) | 23(6.1) | 26(4.7) | |
| Primary | 6 4(34.8) | 130(34.7) | 194(34.7) | |
| Secondary | 72(39.1) | 21(5.7) | 93(16.6) | |
| Tertiary (college) | 23(12.5) | 2(0.5) | 25(4.5) | |
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| Occupation | Housewife | 89(48.4) | 136(36.3) | 225(40.3) |
| Farmer | 12(6.5) | 186(49.6) | 198(35.4) | |
| Merchant | 32(17.4) | 24(6.4) | 56(10.0) | |
| Governmental employs | 36(19.6) | 3(.8) | 39(7.0) | |
| Others ∗∗∗ | 15(8.1) | 26(6.9) | 41(7.3) | |
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| Marital status | Married | 174(94.6) | 344(91.7) | 518(92.7) |
| Single | 0 | 1(0.3) | 1(0.3) | |
| Divorced | 8(4.3) | 21(5.6) | 29(5.0) | |
| Widowed | 2(1.1) | 9(2.4) | 11(2.0) | |
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| Relationship caregiver with child | Biological mother | 181(98.4) | 365(97.3) | 546(97.7) |
| Grand mother | 2(1.1) | 4(1.1) | 6(1.1) | |
| Others∗∗∗∗ | 1(0.5) | 6(1.6) | 7(1.2) | |
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| Number of under-five children | 1 | 117(63.6) | 183(48.8) | 300(53.7) |
| 2 | 66(35.9) | 188(50.1) | 254(45.4) | |
| 3 | 1(0.5) | 4(1.1) | 5(0.9) | |
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| Place of delivery | Health facility | 147(79.9) | 188(50.2) | 335(59.9) |
| Home | 37(20.1) | 185(49.3) | 222(39.7) | |
| Other places∗∗∗∗∗ | 0(.0) | 2(0.5) | 2(0.4) | |
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| Sex of child | Male | 100(54.3) | 182(48.5) | 282(50.4) |
| Female | 84(45.7) | 193(51.5) | 277(49.6) | |
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| Age of the child in months | 6-11 | 27(14.7) | 37(9.9) | 64(11.4) |
| 12-23 | 48(26.1) | 113(30.1) | 161(28.8) | |
| 24-35 | 46(25.0) | 112(29.9) | 158(28.3) | |
| 36-47 | 35(19.1) | 56(14.9) | 91(16.3) | |
| 48-59 | 28(15.1) | 57(15.2) | 85(15.2) | |
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| Birth order of the index child | First | 78(42.4) | 101(26.9) | 179(32.1) |
| Second | 57(31.0) | 88(23.5) | 145(25.9) | |
| Third | 16(8.7) | 44(11.7) | 60(10.7) | |
| Fourth and above | 33(17.9) | 142(37.9) | 175(31.3) | |
∗= Protestant, Catholic and Waqefata, ∗∗=Gurage and Somali, ∗∗∗= private work, Day laborer, Jobless, ∗∗∗∗=father, relatives, ∗∗∗∗∗= on the way to the health facility