Table 1.

Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of study participants in Dale District, Southern Ethiopia, October 1–25/2017

Variables	Category	Frequency(n)	Percent (%)
Residence	Rural	478	89.0
	Urban	59	11.0
Number of household members	< 5	292	54.4
	≥5	245	45.6
Number of under-five children	One	487	90.7
	Above one	50	9.3
Age of the mother/caretaker	15–24	113	21.0
	25–34	379	70.6
	≥35	45	8.4
Marital status of the mother/caretaker	Married	523	97.4
	Others	19	2.6
Religion of parents	Protestant	509	94.8
	Others	28	5.2
Educational status of mother/caretaker	No formal education	289	53.8
	Formal education	142	26.4
Occupation of the mother/caretaker	Housewife	488	90.9
	Others	49	9. 1
Age of the child’s father	15–24	12	2.2
	25–34	313	58.3
	≥35	212	39.5
The educational level of a child father	No formal education	249	46.4
	Formal education	99	18.4
Occupation of the child father	Farmer	381	70.9
	Government employer	47	8.8
	Others	35	6.5
Monthly family income in birr	< 500 Birr	200	37.2
	500–1000 Birr	228	42.5
	> 1000 Birr	109	20.3