Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of mothers/caregivers of under-five children in Farta District, North Central Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 758).

Variables	Status of kebeles				Total
	ODF dwellers		NODF dwellers
Age of mothers/caregivers	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
15–19	0	0	8	2.1	8	1.1
20–24	60	15.9	67	17.6	127	16.8
25–29	86	22.8	94	24.7	180	23.7
30–34	88	23.3	80	21.1	168	22.2
35–39	85	22.5	73	19.2	158	20.8
40–44	44	11.6	46	12.1	90	11.9
45–49	15	4.0	12	3.2	27	3.6
Educational status
Cannot read and write	227	29.9	193	25.5	420	55.4
Read and write	98	12.9	70	9.2	168	22.2
Primary	42	5.5	87	11.5	129	17
Secondary	11	1.5	30	4.0	41	5.4
Occupation of the respondent
Housewife	384	50.7	308	40.6	692	91.3
Farmer	30	4	36	4.7	66	8.7
Size of the households
<5	221	29.2	253	33.4	474	62.5
≥5	157	20.7	127	16.8	284	37.5
Family average monthly income
≤1000	38	5.0	112	14.0	150	19.8
1001–2000	202	26.6	176	23.2	378	49.9
>2000	138	18.2	92	12.1	230	30.3