Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents and study children in Chelia District, West Shoa Zone Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 631)
Variable | Categories | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
Child’s age (months) | 6-11 | 248 | 39.3 |
12-17 | 267 | 42.3 | |
18-23 | 116 | 18.4 | |
Sex of the child | Male | 264 | 41.8 |
Female | 367 | 58.2 | |
Caregivers age (years) | 15-24 | 248 | 39.3 |
25-34 | 274 | 43.4 | |
35-44 | 109 | 17.3 | |
Household head | Husband | 436 | 69.1 |
Wife | 191 | 30.3 | |
Caregiver | 4 | 0.6 | |
Maternal marital status | Married | 570 | 90.3 |
Single | 36 | 5.7 | |
Divorced | 8 | 1.3 | |
Widowed | 4 | 0.6 | |
Separate | 13 | 2.1 | |
Family size | 1-3 | 70 | 11.1 |
4-5 | 192 | 30.4 | |
> = 6 | 369 | 58.5 | |
Number of under five children | 1 | 462 | 73.2 |
2 | 145 | 23.0 | |
3 | 24 | 3.8 | |
Maternal education status | No formal education | 406 | 64.3 |
Elementary school (Grade 1-8) | 154 | 24.4 | |
Secondary school (Grade 9-12) | 53 | 8.4 | |
College and above | 18 | 2.9 | |
Maternal occupation | Housewife | 202 | 32 |
Unemployed | 211 | 33.5 | |
Employer | 27 | 4.3 | |
Merchant | 56 | 8.9 | |
Farmer/peasant | 116 | 18.3 | |
Daily laborer | 19 | 3 | |
Husband educational status | No formal education | 285 | 45.2 |
Primary school (Grade 1-8) | 237 | 37.6 | |
Secondary school (Grade 9-12) | 81 | 12.8 | |
College and above | 15 | 2.4 | |
Husband occupation | Unemployed | 156 | 24.7 |
Employer | 49 | 7.8 | |
Merchant | 75 | 11.9 | |
Farmer/peasant | 278 | 44 | |
Daily laborer | 73 | 11.6 | |
Religion of respondent | Orthodox | 135 | 21.4 |
Protestant | 482 | 76.4 | |
Others | 14 | 2.2 | |
Ethnicity of respondent | Oromo | 597 | 94.6 |
Amhara | 18 | 2.9 | |
Others | 16 | 2.5 |