Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of children aged from 6–23 months and Mothers, 2019 EMDHS

Variable	Category	Frequency (n)	Percent (%)
Educational status of mother/caregiver	No formal education	633	45.0
	Primary	536	41.7
	Secondary	115	8.2
	Higher	73	5.2
Region	Tigray	93	6.6
	Afar	19	1.4
	Amhara	310	22.1
	Oromia	537	38.1
	Somali	86	6.1
	Benishangul	16	1.1
	SNNPR	286	20.3
	Gambela	7	0.5
	Harari	4	0.3
	Addis Adaba	42	3.0
	Dire Dawa	8	0.5
Mothers’/caregivers’ age (year)	15–24	458	32.5
	25–34	695	49.4
	>  = 35	254	18.0
Sex of household head	Male	1217	86.5
	Female	190	13.5
Family’s wealth index	Poor	595	42.3
	Middle	268	19.0
	Rich	544	38.6
Mother religion	Orthodox	508	36.1
	Catholic	6	0.5
	Protestant	407	28.9
	Muslim	457	32.5
	Traditional, and other	29	2.1
Mothers place of residency	Urban	390	27.7
	Rural	1017	72.3
Sex of children	Male	738	52.4
	Female	670	47.6
The current age of children (months)	6–12	564	40.1
	13–23	843	59.9
Baby postnatal check up	No	1219	86.7
	Yes	188	13.3
Mothers’ current marital status	Married	1344	95.5
	Lived as single	63	4.5
ANC Visit during pregnancy	Inadequate ANC visits	788	56.0
	Adequate ANC visits	619	44.0
Household has radio	Yes	351	24.9
	No	1056	75.1
Household has Television	Yes	235	16.7
	No	1172	83.3
Place of delivery	Home	665	47.3
	Health facility	742	52.7
Mother’s current pregnancy status	Non-pregnant	1326	94.2
	Pregnant	81	5.8