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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents, Diredawa, East Ethiopia, 2016

From: Mothers’ knowledge, attitude and practice towards the prevention and home-based management of diarrheal disease among under-five children in Diredawa, Eastern Ethiopia, 2016: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

Category

Frequency

Percentages

Age of the mother

15–24

109

36.9%

25–34

152

51.5%

35–44

32

10.9%

> 45

2

0.7%

Age of the child

0–5 months

60

20.3%

6–24 months

146

49.5%

24–59 months

89

30.2%

Marital status of the mother

Married

275

93.2%

Single

2

0.7%

Widowed

6

2.0%

Divorced/separated

12

4.1%

Occupation of the mother

Housewife

235

79.7%

Gov’t/NGO employed

52

17.6%

Self-employed

8

2.7%

Monthly income of the mother (Binned)

<=1000

106

35.9%

1001–3000

148

50.2%

3001 & above

41

13.9%

Mother’s educational status

Unable to read and write

132

44.8%

Primary

113

38.3%

Secondary

29

9.8%

Diploma and above

21

7.1%

The religion of the mother

Islam

199

67.5%

Orthodox

65

22.0%

Protestant

29

9.8%

Others

2

0.7%

The ethnicity of the mother

Oromo

137

46.4%

Somali

121

41.0%

Amhara

31

10.5%

Others

6

2.1%