Table 1 Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of children (6–24 months) and their parents, Dabat District, Northwest Ethiopia, 2015
Characteristics | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Child age in months | ||
6–11 | 196 | 33.4 |
12–24 | 391 | 66.6 |
Mean (±SD) age of children | (15.0 ± 5.7) | |
Head of the household | ||
Female | 18 | 3.1 |
Male | 569 | 96.9 |
Mothers age | ||
15–34 years | 371 | 63.2 |
35–50 years | 216 | 36.8 |
Marital status | ||
Currently unmarried | 58 | 9.9 |
Currently married | 529 | 90.1 |
Household size | ||
≤ 4 | 224 | 38.2 |
5–7 | 280 | 47.7 |
8–10 | 83 | 14.1 |
Maternal education | ||
No formal education | 417 | 71.0 |
Primary education | 76 | 12.9 |
Secondary education | 94 | 16.0 |
Maternal employment status | ||
Housewife | 356 | 60.6 |
Farmer | 143 | 24.4 |
Othersa | 88 | 15.0 |
Father education | ||
No formal education | 389 | 66.3 |
Formal education | 198 | 33.7 |
Main source of family food | ||
Own production | 413 | 70.4 |
Purchasing | 154 | 26.2 |
Othersb | 20 | 3.4 |
Wealth status | ||
Poor | 210 | 35.8 |
Medium | 198 | 33.7 |
Rich | 179 | 30.5 |