Table 1. Demography, morbidity, and nutritional status of children aged 24–59 months in Cheffe Cote Jebessa kebele, southern Ethiopia, 2017.

Variables	Characteristics	Frequency N = 331	Percent
Child sex
	Male	159	48.0
	Female	172	52.0
Child age in months
	24–36	145	43.8
	37–59	186	56.2
Mother response immunization completed
	No	25	7.6
	Yes	306	92.4
Immunization completed confirmed in child health card
	No	28	8.5
	Yes	207	62.5
	No card	96	29.0
Cough lasting 15 days
	No	260	78.5
	Yes	71	21.5
Diarrhoea lasting 15 days
	No	231	69.8
	Yes	100	30.2
History of hospital admission
	No	289	87.3
	Yes	41	12.4
	Missing	1	0.3
Iron-rich food within last 24 h
	No	281	84.9
	Yes	50	15.1
Iron supplementation
	No	321	97.0
	Yes	10	3.0
Iron-fortified food
	No	316	95.5
	Yes	15	4.5
Child dietary diversity score
	Low	242	73.1
	Medium	65	19.6
	High	24	7.3
Current breast feeding
	No	229	69.2
	Yes	101	30.5
	Missing	1	0.3
Height-for-age score
	Stunting	125	37.8
	Normal	206	62.2
Weight-for-height score
	Wasting	4	1.2
	Normal	304	91.8
	Overweight	9	2.7
	Missing	14	4.2
Weight for age score
	Underweight	72	21.8
	Normal	259	78.2

Note:

Missing value observed under the variable weight for height score was not the actual missing but the result flagged with WHO reference using ENASMART software.