Table 1.

Socio demographic characteristics of study participants, in Dilla town, Southern Ethiopia, 2018

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percent (%)
Age of a child1	6–11	1	.3
	12–23	17	4.7
	24–35	96	26.6
	36–47	87	24.1
	48–59	160	44.3
Sex of a child	Male	172	47.6
	Female	189	52.4
Under five children in HH	< 2	292	80.9
	> = 2	69	19.1
Family size	< 5	155	42.9
	> = 5	206	57.1
Orphans’ status	Double orphans	67	18.6
	Maternal orphans	202	56.0
	Paternal orphans	92	25.5
Respondent’s relation with a child	Mother	89	24.7
	Fathers	79	21.9
	Sister/brother	59	16.3
	Grand parent	127	35.2
	Other relative *	7	1.9
Sex of a care giver	Male	19	5.3
	Female	342	94.7
Age of a caregiver	18–49	302	83.7
	> = 50	59	16.3
Marital status of a caregiver	Single	63	17.5
	Married	298	82.5
Head of a family	Mother of the HH	112	31.0
	Father of the HH	233	64.5
	Other **	16	4.5
Education status of a caregiver	No formal education	140	38.8
	Grade 1–8	106	29.4
	Grade 9–12	76	21.1
	Above grade 12	39	10.8
Occupational status of a caregiver	Unemployed	171	47.4
	Employed	190	52.6

¹in month

*uncles, aunts

**First born, uncles, aunts, in-laws