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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents and study children in Gorche district, Southern Ethiopia, 2015

From: Dietary diversity and associated factors among children 6-23 months of age in Gorche district, Southern Ethiopia: Cross-sectional study

Variables (n = 417)

Frequency

Percentage

Head of the household

 Male

411

98.6

 Female

6

1.4

Mother’s age (year)

 Below 25

102

24.5

 25 and above

315

75.5

Child’s age (months)

 6–8

58

13.9

 9–11

61

14.6

 12–23

298

71.5

Child sex

 Male

218

52.3

 Female

199

47.7

Father’s education

 Illiterate

294

70.5

 Literate

117

28.1

Mother’s education

 Illiterate

340

81.5

 Literate

77

18.5

Father’s occupation

 Farmer

398

95.4

 Merchant

93

22.3

 Others

9

2.2

Mother’s occupation

 Farmer/house wife

385

92.3

 Merchant

55

13.2

 Others

3

0.7

Marital status

 Married/living together

411

98.6

 Widowed

6

1.4

Family size

 Less than five

154

36.9

 Five or more

263

63.1

Number of children under the age of five

 One

192

46.0

 Two or more

225

54.0