Table 2.
Characteristics of study participants, Ethiopia, 2019
| Variables | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Maternal age | ||
| Less than 25 years | 1615 | 34.5 |
| 25–35 years | 2831 | 60.5 |
| Above 35 years | 234 | 5.0 |
| Median (IQR) | 26(22–30) | |
| Religion | ||
| Orthodox | 1057 | 22.6 |
| Protestant & Catholic | 472 | 10.1 |
| Muslim | 3148 | 67.3 |
| Maternal educational status | ||
| Illiterate | 2585 | 55.2 |
| Primary | 1491 | 31.9 |
| Junior | 363 | 7.8 |
| Secondary & above | 241 | 5.1 |
| Marital status | ||
| Married | 4572 | 97.7 |
| Unmarried | 108 | 2.3 |
| Infants gender | ||
| Male | 2252 | 49.7 |
| Female | 2276 | 50.3 |
| Birthweight | ||
| Normal birth weight | 3972 | 95.6 |
| Low birth weight | 183 | 4.4 |
| Gestational age at birth | ||
| Preterm | 1442 | 34.7 |
| Term | 2717 | 65.3 |
| Child illness during the infancy period | ||
| Yes | 2690 | 57.5 |
| No | 1990 | 42.5 |
| Antenatal care | ||
| No ANC | 1626 | 34.8 |
| 1–3 ANC visits | 1194 | 25.5 |
| 4 plus visits | 1859 | 39.7 |
| Place of delivery | ||
| Health facility | 2934 | 66.4 |
| TBA | 75 | 1.7 |
| Home | 1345 | 30.4 |
| Other | 66 | 1.5 |
| Birth complication | ||
| Yes | 927 | 19.8 |
| No | 3753 | 80.2 |
| History of spontaneous abortion | ||
| Yes | 539 | 11.5 |
| No | 4140 | 88.5 |
| History of child death | ||
| Yes | 1213 | 25.9 |
| No | 3466 | 74.1 |
| Intimate partner violence (total score > 10) | ||
| Yes | 417 | 8.9 |
| No | 4263 | 91.1 |
| Maternal social support | ||
| Good | 2631 | 56.2 |
| Poor | 2049 | 43.8 |
| Maternal social participation | ||
| Yes | 2886 | 61.7 |
| No | 1794 | 38.3 |
| Household food insecurity | ||
| Secured | 1600 | 34.2 |
| Mildly insecure | 600 | 12.8 |
| Moderately insecure | 1846 | 39.4 |
| Severely insecure | 634 | 13.5 |
| Wealth index | ||
| Lowest | 928 | 19.8 |
| Second | 957 | 20.4 |
| Middle | 863 | 18.4 |
| Fourth | 986 | 21.1 |
| Highest | 934 | 20.0 |