Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participant, in Kamashi district, West Ethiopia, 2018(n = 717)
Variables | Category | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 400 (55.8) |
Female | 317 (44.2) | |
Religion of caregivers/mothers | Orthodox | 194 (27.1) |
Protestant | 503 (70.2) | |
Muslim | 20 (2.7) | |
Educational status of mother/caregiver | Secondary | 271 (37.8) |
Primary | 359 (50.1) | |
Illiterate | 87 (12.1) | |
Educational status of father | Secondary | 140 (19.5) |
Primary | 362 (50.5) | |
Illiterate | 215 (30) | |
Ethnicity of mother/caregiver | Gumuz | 431 (60.1) |
Oromo | 222 (31) | |
Amhara | 57 (7.9) | |
Others | 7 (1) | |
Age of child in months | ≤6 months | 83 (11.6) |
Between 7 and 24 months | 346 (48.3) | |
≥25 months | 288 (40.2) | |
Age of mother/caregiver | < 24 years | 255 (35.6) |
Between 24 and 29 years | 333 (46.4) | |
> 29 Years | 129 (18.0) | |
Number of < 5 years children in family | One | 526 (73.4) |
Greater than one | 191 (26.6) | |
Number of family size | ≤ 5 | 460 (64.2) |
≥6 | 257 (35.8) | |
Health status of the child in previous 2 weeks | Had diarrhea | 104 (14.5) |
No diarrhea | 613 (85.5) |