Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of mothers of children aged less than 6 months in Dilla Town, South Ethiopia, 2022 (N = 372)
Variables | Category | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
Type of respondent | Mother | 361 | 97.0% |
Care giver | 11 | 3.0% | |
Family size | <=3 | 91 | 24.5% |
> 3 | 281 | 75.5% | |
Age in years | 15–24 | 125 | 33.6% |
24–35 | 211 | 56.7% | |
> 35 | 36 | 9.7% | |
Marital status | Single | 70 | 18.8% |
Married | 282 | 75.8% | |
Divorced | 17 | 4.6% | |
Widowed | 3 | 0.8% | |
Educational status | unable to read and write | 74 | 19.9% |
able to read and write | 48 | 12.9% | |
primary education | 115 | 30.9% | |
secondary education and above | 135 | 36.3% | |
Religious group | Orthodox | 138 | 37.1% |
Protestant | 167 | 44.9% | |
Muslim | 50 | 13.4% | |
Other | 17 | 4.6% | |
Ethnic group | Oromo | 31 | 8.3% |
Sidama | 38 | 10.2% | |
Gedeo | 216 | 58.1% | |
Gurage | 42 | 11.3% | |
Other | 45 | 12.1% | |
Current occupation | private employee | 49 | 13.2% |
civil servant | 78 | 21.0% | |
daily laborer | 79 | 21.2% | |
Merchant | 19 | 5.1% | |
Farmer | 48 | 12.9% | |
house wife | 99 | 26.6% | |
Approximate family income per month | < 1000 | 126 | 33.9% |
1001–2000 | 98 | 26.3% | |
2001–3000 | 44 | 11.8% | |
> 3001 | 104 | 28.0% | |
Child’s age in month | < 1 month | 162 | 43.5% |
1–3 month | 103 | 27.7% | |
3–5 month | 59 | 15.9% | |
5–6 month | 48 | 12.9% | |
Child’s sex | Male | 174 | 46.8% |
Female | 198 | 53.2% |