Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants in Boricha district, South Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 622)
Variables | Categories | Number (%) |
|---|---|---|
Sex of child | Male | 305 (49%) |
Female | 317 (51%) | |
Age of child | 6–11 months | 105 (24.5%) |
12–23 months | 126 (20.3%) | |
24–59 months | 343 (55.2%) | |
Ethnicity | Sidama | 596 (95.8%) |
Others | 26 (4.2%) | |
Religions | Protestant | 517 (83.1%) |
Others | 105 (16.9%) | |
Family size | Small | 300 (48.2%) |
Medium | 117 (18.8%) | |
Large | 205 (33%) | |
Maternal educational status | No formal education | 401 (64.4%) |
Primary education | 159 (25.6) | |
Secondary education & above | 62 (10%) | |
Paternal educational status | No formal education | 394 (63.3%) |
Primary education | 122 (19.6%) | |
Secondary education & above | 106 (17.1) | |
The main occupation of the head | Farmer | 505 (81.2%) |
Daily worker | 117 (18.8%) | |
Wealth Index | Poorest | 154 (24.8%) |
Poor | 72 (11.6%) | |
Middle | 157 (25.2%) | |
Rich | 117 (18.8%) | |
Richest | 122 (19.6%) |