Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of mothers of infants aged less than six months (N = 576) in Samara-Logia town Administration, Northeast Ethiopia, 2017
From: Breastfeeding performance in Afar regional state, northeastern Ethiopia: a cross sectional study
Characteristics | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Maternal age (years) | ||
17–20 | 35 | 6.1 |
20–34 | 322 | 55.9 |
> 34 | 219 | 38.0 |
Maternal religion | ||
Muslim | 462 | 80.2 |
Ethiopian Orthodox | 88 | 15.3 |
Protestant | 26 | 4.5 |
Ethnicity of the mother | ||
Afar | 133 | 23.1 |
Amhara | 302 | 52.4 |
Oromo | 62 | 10.8 |
Tigray | 79 | 13.7` |
Marital status | ||
Married | 456 | 79.2 |
Divorced | 76 | 13.2 |
Widowed | 31 | 5.4 |
Single | 13 | 2.2 |
Maternal Education | ||
None | 128 | 22.2 |
Primary | 175 | 30.4 |
Secondary and above | 273 | 47.4 |
Maternal Occupation | ||
Housewife | 242 | 42 |
Government employee | 220 | 38.2 |
Merchant | 64 | 11.1 |
Daily laborer | 36 | 6.3 |
Othersa | 14 | 2.4 |
Age of the infant (months) | ||
0–1 | 53 | 9.2 |
2–3 | 227 | 39.4 |
4–5 | 296 | 51.4 |
Birth order | ||
1 | 132 | 22.9 |
2 | 247 | 42.9 |
> 3 | 197 | 34.2 |
Paternal education | ||
None | 54 | 11.8 |
Primary | 52 | 11.4 |
Secondary and above | 350 | 76.8 |
Household head | ||
Mother of index infant | 159 | 27.6 |
Father of index infant | 417 | 72.4 |
Having Radio | ||
Yes | 199 | 34.5 |
No | 377 | 65.5 |