Table 1. Weighted socio-demographic and health-related characteristics of the study participants in Ethiopia, 2016(n = 1354; weighted sample = 1495).

Respondent’s characteristic	Categories	Weighted Sample
		Frequency	Percentage
Maternal age in years	15–19	43	2.85
	20–24	337	22.54
	25–29	432	28.91
	30–34	351	23.50
	35–39	215	14.35
	40–44	83	5.58
	45–49	34	2.27
Childs age in months	0–11	370	24.77
	12–23	394	26.31
	24–35	287	19.22
	36–47	228	15.26
	48–59	216	14.44
Region	Large central region	1,382	92.42
	Metropolitan region	43	2.89
	Small peripheral region	70	4.69
Sex of household head	Male	1284	85.91
	Female	211	14.09
	Total	1495	100
Sex of child	Male	768	51.40
	Female	727	48.60
Child is twin	Single birth	1448	96.88
	1st of multiple	24	1.60
	2nd of multiple	23	1.52
Marital status	Unmarried	15	1.02
	Married	1,480	98.98
Maternal educational level	No education	898	60.08
	Primary	481	32.20
	Secondary	79	5.24
	Higher	37	2.49
Maternal currently working	No	1,030	68.93
	Yes	465	31.07
size of child at birth	Large	472	31.58
	Average	545	36.44
	Small	478	31.98
Mass media exposure	No	915	61.20
	Yes	580	38.80
Wealth index combined	Poorest	313	20.94
	Poorer	317	21.19
	Middle	306	20.47
	Richer	322	21.53
	Richest	237	15.88
Had diarrhea	No	961	64.25
	Yes	534	35.75
Had to cough	No	443	29.60
	Yes	1,052	70.40
Had short rapid breathing	No	784	52.47
	Yes	711	47.53
Antenatal care	no visit	719	48.08
	1–3 visit	363	24.30
	4+	413	27.63
Postnatal care	No	1,382	92.44
	Yes	113	7.56
Underweight	Yes	1,084	72.54
	No	411	27.46
Stunting	Yes	988	66.08
	No	507	33.92
	Total	1495	100
Wasting	Yes	1,332	89.08
	No	163	10.92
Had anemia	Severe	41	2.73
	Moderate	419	28.02
	Mild	372	24.90
	Not anemic	663	44.36
Place of delivery	Home	1,007	67.35
	Institution	488	32.65
Parity	Prim parous	266	17.78
	Multi parous	618	41.31
	Grand multipara	611	40.91
Vaccination	Incomplete	1,199	80.18
	Complete	296	19.82
vitamin A in last 6 months	No	826	55.28
	Yes	669	44.72
Community development index	Low	288	19.27
	Moderate	682	45.61
	Good	525	35.12
distance to a health facility	big problem	795	53.15
	not a big problem	700	46.85
Place of residence	Urban	192	12.84
	Rural	1,303	87.16
covered by health insurance	No	1,439	96.25
	Yes	56	3.75