Characteristics Frequency Percent Head of HHs Male 727 88.7 Female 93 11.3 Marital status Married 716 87.3 Divorced 65 7.9 Othersa 36 4.8 Ethnicity Oromo 806 98.3 Amhara 14 1.7 Religion Orthodox 810 98.8 Othersb 10 1.2 Family size ≤5 417 50.9 >5 403 49.1 HHs with under 5yrs children 1 635 77.4 2-3 185 22.6 Maternal Education Can’t read and write 538 65.6 Can read and write(Informal education) 16 2.0 Primary education 215 26.2 Secondary education 21 2.6 Higher education 30 3.7 Paternal education Can’t read and write 438 53.4 Can read and write 37 4.5 Primary education 270 32.9 Secondary education 26 3.2 Higher education 49 6.0 Occupation of mother Housewife only 59 7.2 Farmer 572 69.8 Merchant/Trade 111 13.5 Othersc 78 9.5 Occupation of husband Farmer 585 71.3 Gov’t employee 60 7.3 Merchant/Trade 101 12.3 Othersd 74 9.0 Monthly income(In Birr) <750 618 75.4 750-1500 163 19.9 >1500 39 4.8 Decision making on use of money Mainly spouse 91 11.1 Mainly Husband 14 1.7 Only husband 9 1.1 Both jointly 709 86.1 Ownership of livestock Yes 562 68.5 No 258 31.5 Livestock per household 1-5 328 40.0 6-10 173 21.1 >10 61 7.4 Ownership of land Yes 499 60.9 No 321 39.1 Land by hectare per HH           ≤0.5Hectare 155 18.9 >0.5Hectare 344 42 aWidowed, Separated bMuslim, protestant cPrivate org.employee, gov’t employee, student, dPrivate employee , Daily laborer, student

Table 1: Demographic and socio-economic characteristics of children families at Hidabu Abote district, North shewa zone, September 2012(N=820).