Table 1 Socio-demographic and economic and care-related characteristics of the family and children 6–23 months aged in Damot Sore District, Wolaita Zone, South Ethiopia, from March to April 2017
Characteristics | Categories | Frequency (n = 485) | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex of the children | Male | 247 | 50.9 |
Female | 238 | 49.1 | |
Age of mothers(years) | 15–24 | 86 | 17.7 |
25–34 | 267 | 55.1 | |
35–49 | 132 | 27.2 | |
Age of the children (months) | 6–11 | 193 | 39.8 |
12–17 | 164 | 33.8 | |
18–23 | 128 | 26.4 | |
Educational status of mothers | No formal education | 312 | 64.3 |
Formal education | 173 | 35.7 | |
Educational status of fathers | No formal education | 243 | 50.1 |
Formal education | 239 | 49.3 | |
Mothers occupation | Unemployed | 467 | 96.3 |
Government/private employee | 18 | 3.7 | |
Fathers occupation | Unemployed | 462 | 95.3 |
Government/private employee | 19 | 3.9 | |
Family size | Less than or equal to 5 | 221 | 45.6 |
Greater than 5 | 264 | 54.4 | |
Under five children within household | More than one child | 201 | 41.4 |
One child | 284 | 58.6 | |
Household Wealth | Low | 204 | 42.1 |
Middle | 74 | 15.3 | |
High | 207 | 42.7 | |
Introduction time of complementary feeding | Before or after 6 months | 226 | 46.6 |
At 6 months | 259 | 53.4 | |
Breast feeding practice of mothers | Poor | 115 | 23.7 |
Good | 336 | 69.3 | |
Not breast feed | 34 | 7.0 | |
Appropriately utilized iron folate | For less than or equal to 3 months | 331 | 68.2 |
For greater than 3 months | 62 | 12.8 | |
Not utilized at all | 92 | 19 | |
Source of drinking water | Piped inside compound | 37 | 7.6 |
Public | 357 | 73.6 | |
Protected well/spring | 91 | 18.8 | |
Toilet | No facility/bush/field | 12 | 2.5 |
Local pit latrine | 468 | 96.5 | |
VIP latrine | 5 | 1.0 | |
Utilization of ITN | No | 46 | 9.5 |
Yes | 411 | 84.7 | |
Diarrhea | No | 75 | 31.2 |
Yes | 165 | 68.8 | |
Malaria | No | 464 | 95.7 |
P. falciparum | 6 | 1.2 | |
P.vivax | 8 | 1.6 | |
P.mixed | 7 | 1.4 | |
Surgery | No | 481 | 99.2 |
Yes | 4 | 0.8 | |
DDS | No | 319 | 65.8 |
Yes | 166 | 34.2 | |
Fermented foods preparation | No | 299 | 61.6 |
Yes | 186 | 38.4 | |
Germinated or soaked foods | No | 379 | 78.1 |
Yes | 106 | 21.9 |