Variable | Category | Frequency | Percentage | Remark |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 3413 | 49.50 | |
Female | 3483 | 50.50 | ||
Age | 6–12 months | 1025 | 14.95 | |
13–18 months | 728 | 10.43 | ||
19–24 months | 794 | 11.54 | ||
25–30 months | 726 | 10.39 | ||
31–36 months | 809 | 11.74 | ||
37–42 months | 657 | 9.57 | ||
43–50 months | 2157 | 31.39 | ||
Birth order | First birth | 1322 | 19.17 | |
Second birth | 1, 141 | 16.54 | ||
Third birth | 1, 055 | 15.29 | ||
Fourth birth | 1021 | 14.82 | ||
Fifth and above | 2357 | 34.17 | ||
Birth interval | One year | 235 | 3.41 | |
Two years | 1429 | 20.72 | ||
Three years | 2605 | 37.78 | ||
Fourth years | 1229 | 17.82 | ||
Five year | 1398 | 20.27 | ||
Source of food items | Garden | 5119 | 74.23 | |
Market | 1777 | 25.77 | ||
Available food items | Fruit and vegetables | 2276 | 32.53 | |
All types of meat | 5432 | 77.63 | ||
Egg and milk | 4750 | 67.89 | ||
Cereal and grains | 6797 | 97.14 | ||
Root and tubers | 247 | 3.53 | ||
Relation of caregivers | Mother | 6589 | 95.55 | |
Grandmother | 218 | 3.15 | ||
Father and other relatives | 89 | 2.22 | ||
Preparation of child food | Separately for children | 1624 | 23.55 | |
With adults | 5272 | 76.45 | ||
Child feeding practice | Alone | 4205 | 60.97 | |
With older children | 967 | 14.02 | ||
With adults | 1678 | 24.33 | ||
Before adults and older children | 9 | 0.13 | ||
After adults and older children | 37 | 0.54 | ||
a distance of the nearby market | 1–4 km | 1350 | 75.99 | |
5–10 km | 49 | 2.79 | ||
11–20 km | 109 | 6.11 | ||
≥21 km | 269 | 15.10 | ||
Frequency of food buying | Daily | 45 | 2 | |
2–3 times per week | 172 | 7.6 | ||
Weekly | 574 | 25.3 | ||
One in two weeks | 332 | 14.66 | ||
Once per month | 1022 | 45.1 | ||
Once in four months | 122 | 5.4 | ||
Means of transportation to market | Foot | 1770 | 99.60 | |
Public transport | 7 | 0.40 | ||
Maternal education | Unable to read and write | 4794 | 69.52 | |
Primary education | 1406 | 20.39 | ||
Secondary and above | 696 | 10.09 | ||
Residence | Rural | 5507 | 79.86 | |
Urban | 1389 | 20.14 | ||
Ethnicity | Amhara | 5470 | 79.33 | |
Tigery | 1176 | 17.05 | ||
Others | 250 | 3.62 | ||
Religion | Orthodox | 5599 | 81.20 | |
Muslim | 1176 | 17.05 | ||
Others | 121 | 1.75 | ||
Maternal Occupation | Farmer | 4689 | 68.00 | |
Merchant/employed | 234 | 3.39 | ||
Housewife | 1514 | 21.96 | ||
Others | 459 | 6.65 | ||
Marital status | Married | 5950 | 86.29 | |
No married | 638 | 9.24 | ||
Separated /divorced | 308 | 4.47 |