Table 1.
Sociodemographic and anthropometric characteristics of mothers and young children (N = 122) aged 12 to 23 months from Mecha district, West Gojjam, Ethiopia, October 2013–January 2014
| Sociodemographic characteristics | Mean ± SD/frequency (%) |
|---|---|
| Age of children (months) | 16.2 ± 3.5 |
| Proportion of male children | 51.6 |
| Age of mothers (years) | 26 ± 6.1 |
| Mothers educated ≥ primary school | 30.3 |
| Mothers’ BMI | 20.5 ± 2.2 |
| Four or more children | 45 |
| Livelihood activity | |
| Farming | 93.4 |
| Small trading activity | 4 |
| Farming and small trading activity | 2 |
| Land size ≥1 ha | 23.8 |
| Own cows | 85.2 |
| Own chicken | 73.8 |
| Child nutritional status | |
| Stunted | 50 |
| Underweight | 34 |
| Wasted | 10 |
| LAZ | −2.01 + 0.9 |
| WAZ | −1.63 + 0.9 |
| WLZ | −0.33 + 1.4 |
Note. BMI = body mass index; LAZ = length‐for‐age z score; SD = standard deviation; WAZ = weight‐for‐age z score; WLZ = weight‐for‐length z score.