Table 1.

Background characteristics of children and mothers/caregivers in Kersa health and demographic surveillance, 2008–2016, Ethiopia, 2020.

Factors	Category	Frequency(n)	Percent (%)
Sex of child	Female	9185	48.97
	Male	9574	51.03
	Total	18 759	100
Residence	Urban	1126	6.00
	Rural	17 633	94.00
	Total	18 759	100
Religion	Muslim	18 429	98.24
	Orthodox	312	1.70
	Other believers	18	.06
	Total	18 759	100
Ethnicity	Oromo	18 459	98.40
	Amhara	300	1.60
	Total	18 759	100
Mother marital status	Not married	2143	11.50
	Married	16 317	87.80
	Divorced	122	.70
	Total	18 759	100
Birth weight	Low birth weight	15 540	83
	Normal birth weight	3190	17.01
	Big birth weight	29	.15
	Total	18 759	100
Mother relation to head	Head	323	1.72
	First spouse of head	15 773	84.08
	Other	2663	14.2
	Total	18 759	100
Age of mother at first birth	≤17	4815	25.67
	18 – 24	13 211	70.4
	≥25	733	3.9
	Total	18 759	100
Total born	≥5	13 471	71.81
	3 to 4	2323	12.4
	≤2	2965	15.8
	Total	18 759	100
Types of fuel used	Electricity/Kerosene	51	.27
	Charcoal/Firewood	14 235	75.9
	Dung/straw	4473	23.8
	Total	18 759	100
Type of material the roof made of	Thatched/Leaf	801	4.3
	Plastic sheet	123	0.7
	Corrugated iron	17 795	94.9
	Others	40	0.2
	Total	18 759	100
Type of material the floor made of	Earth/Mud	17 836	95.1
	Cemented/Carpeted	921	4.9
	Total	18 757	99.99
Type of material the wall made of	Bamboo/Wood	961	5.1
	Cement/Bricks/stone w	39	0.2
	Truck with mud	17 759	94.7
	Total	18 759	100
Does the house have window	Yes	2857	15.23
	No	15 902	84.8
	Total	18 759	100
Does the house have separate sleeping room	Yes	1960	10.45
	No	16 799	89.6
	Total	18 759	100
Household share latrine facilities	Yes	2111	11.25
	No	16 648	88.75
	Total	18 759	100
Location of water source	In compound	946	5
	Outside of compound	17 813	95
	Total	18 759	100
Type of water source the HHS use	Protected	15 500	82.6
	Unprotected	3259	17.4
	Total	18 759	100