Table 4.

Maternal caring characteristics of the study participants in Meket district, North Wollo zone, North-East Ethiopia, January 2020 (n=327)

Variable	Categories	Cases n (%)	Controls n (%)
Age of mothers, years	20–29	71 (65.1%)	124 (56.9%)
	30–39	27 (24.8%)	76 (34.8%)
	40–49	11 (10.1%)	18 (8.3%)
Age at which mothers gave their first birth, years	15–19	15 (13.8%)	16 (7.3%)
	20–29	92 (84.4%)	201 (92.2%)
	30–39	2 (1.8%)	1 (0.5%)
Total child born earlier	1–3	71 (65.1%)	136 (62.4%)
	>3	38 (34.9%)	82 (37.6%)
Extra food taken during pregnancy and lactation	Yes	69 (63.3%)	154 (70.6%)
	No	40 (36.7%)	64 (29.4%)
Antenatal Care (ANC)	Yes	91 (83.5%)	191 (87.6%)
	No	18 (16.5%)	27 (12.4%)