Table 1. Sociodemographic and economic characteristics of study participants in emerging regions of Ethiopia, 2016 (n = 1009).

Variables	Category	Frequency (n)	Percent (%)
Age of mothers/caregivers in years	15–24	341	33.8
	25–34	497	49.3
	>=35	171	16.9
Religion	Muslim	717	71.1
	Protestant	173	17.1
	Orthodox	85	8.4
	Others*	34	3.4
Sex of household head	Male	674	66.8
	Female	335	33.2
Household wealth index	Poor	730	72.4
	Middle	78	7.7
	Rich	201	19.9
Current marital status	Married	961	95.2
	Unmarried	48	4.8
Educational status of mothers/caregiver’s	No education	715	70.9
	Primary education	199	19.7
	Secondary education	67	6.6
	Higher	28	2.8
Educational status of husband’s/partner’s (n = 961)	No education	570	59.3
	Primary education	197	20.5
	Secondary education	104	10.8
	Higher	90	9.4
Mother’s/caregiver’s occupation	No work	671	66.5
	Professional worker	80	7.9
	Agricultural worker	189	18.7
	Others**	69	6.8
Husband’s/partner’s occupation (n = 961)	No work	139	14.5
	Professional worker	175	18.2
	Agricultural worker	448	46.6
	Others**	199	20.7

*Catholic, traditional, Joba.

**Daily labor, merchant.