Table 2.
Socio-demographic characteristics of mothers/caregivers and children age less than five years Shashogo district, 2018 (n = 422).
| Variables | Frequency | % |
|---|---|---|
| Sex of caregiver | ||
| male | 134 | 31.7 |
| Female | 280 | 66.4 |
| Sex of child | ||
| Male | 189 | 44.7 |
| Female | 225 | 53.3 |
| Age of respondent | ||
| 18–24 | 29 | 6.8 |
| 25–34 | 188 | 44.8 |
| 35–44 | 161 | 38.2 |
| 45–55 | 34 | 8 |
| Age of children | ||
| < 2mo | 2 | 1.1 |
| 2–11mo | 69 | 16.4 |
| 12–23 | 95 | 22.5 |
| 24–35 | 129 | 30.6 |
| 36–47 | 66 | 15.6 |
| 48–59 | 56 | 13.2 |
| Marital status | ||
| Single | 10 | 2.3 |
| Married | 396 | 93.8 |
| Widowed | 9 | 2.1 |
| Educational level | ||
| No Formal education | 70 | 16.5 |
| 1–8 | 289 | 68.4 |
| 9–12 | 52 | 12.3 |
| Collage or above | 4 | 0.9 |
| Occupational status | ||
| Housewife | 227 | 53.8 |
| Private business | 37 | 8.8 |
| Farmer | 130 | 30.8 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Hadiyya | 353 | 83.6 |
| Kambata | 41 | 9.7 |
| Family size | ||
| < 6 | 255 | 60.4 |
| >= 6 | 160 | 37.9 |
| Religion of caregiver | ||
| Protestant | 216 | 51.2 |
| Muslim | 197 | 46.7 |
| Head of HH | ||
| Male | 396 | 93.8 |
| Number of < 5 child | ||
| 1 child | 201 | 47.6 |
| >= 2 child | 214 | 50.7 |
| Birth order of child | ||
| 1 | 34 | 8.1 |
| 2 | 62 | 14.6 |
| 3 | 85 | 20.1 |
| >= 4 | 234 | 55.5 |