Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study mothers/caregivers in study determinants of iron supplements among children 6–59 months in Ethiopia: based on 2016 EDHS
Variables | Categories | Weighted Frequency (n) | Weighted Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Age of women (years) | 15–19 | 1,920 | 20.83 |
20–34 | 4,960 | 53.81 | |
35–49 | 2,338 | 25.36 | |
Sex of household head | Male | 7,926 | 85.99 |
Female | 1,291 | 14.01 | |
Educational attainment of women | No education | 67 | 66.75 |
Primary education | 2,434 | 26.41 | |
Secondary & above | 631 | 6.84 | |
Occupation of women | Not working | 5,047 | 54.76 |
Worked | 4,170 | 45.24 | |
Marital status of the mother | Married | 8,638 | 93.71 |
Not married | 580 | 6.29 | |
Household family size | 1–4 | 2,403 | 26.07 |
5–10 | 6,517 | 70.7 | |
> 11 | 297 | 3.23 | |
Media exposure | No | 6,217 | 67.45 |
Yes | 3,000 | 32.55 | |
Wealth index | Poorest | 4,313 | 46.79 |
Middle | 1,939 | 21.04 | |
Richest | 2,966 | 32.17 | |
Community level women's education | Low | 4,731 | 51.33 |
High | 4,486 | 48.67 | |
Community level media usage | Low | 4,072 | 44.17 |
High | 5,146 | 55.83 | |
Community level poverty | Low | 5,637 | 61.16 |
High | 3,579 | 38.84 | |
Residence | Urban | 1,021 | 11.08 |
Rural | 8,196 | 88.92 | |
Region | Metropolis | 270 | 2.93 |
Large central | 8,310 | 90.15 | |
Small periphery | 638 | 6.92 |