Table 1.
Variables | Categories | Frequency | % |
---|---|---|---|
Respondent Sex | Male | 34 | 9.1 |
Female | 338 | 90.9 | |
Respondent Religion | Orthodox | 179 | 48.1 |
Muslim | 135 | 36.3 | |
Protestant | 54 | 14.5 | |
Other | 4 | 1.1 | |
Mother age | 15–19 | 10 | 2.7 |
20–24 | 85 | 22.8 | |
25–30 | 126 | 33.9 | |
>30 | 151 | 40.6 | |
Mothers’ education | Cannot read and write | 18 | 4.8 |
Read and write | 47 | 12.6 | |
Primary | 65 | 17.5 | |
Secondary and above | 242 | 65.1 | |
Marital status | Single | 18 | 4.8 |
Married | 303 | 81.5 | |
Divorced | 21 | 5.6 | |
Widowed | 30 | 8.1 | |
Mother Occupation | Farmer | 68 | 18.3 |
Pastoralist | 18 | 4.8 | |
Merchant | 78 | 21.0 | |
Daily worker | 29 | 7.8 | |
Government worker | 178 | 47.8 | |
Other | 1 | 0.3 | |
Ethnicity | Oromo | 119 | 32 |
Amhara | 131 | 35.2 | |
Berta | 66 | 17.7 | |
Gumuz | 44 | 11.8 | |
Other | 12 | 3.2 | |
Monthly income | <1500 | 23 | 6.2 |
1501–3000 | 144 | 38.7 | |
>3000 | 205 | 55.1 |