Variables Frequency Percentage (%) Child sex     Female 284 47.9 Male 309 52.1 Child age     6-11  months 65 11 12-23 months 168 28.3 24-35 months 168 28.3 36-47 months 121 20.4 48-59 months 71 12 Birth order     First 272 45.9 Second 172 29 Third 77 13 Fourth and above 72 12.1 Place of delivery     Home 60 10.1 Health facility 533 89.9 Type of birth     Single 582 98.1 Multiple 11 1.9 Vitamin A     Yes 549 92.6 No 44 7.4 Frequent Health problem     Yes 131 22.1 No 462 77.9 Diarrhoea in the last twoweeks     Yes 176 29.7 No 417 70.3 Fever in the last two weeks     Yes 170 28.7 No 423 71.3 Child sex     Female 284 47.9 Male 309 52.1 ARI  in the last two weeks     Yes 119 20.1 No 474 79.9 Measles in the last year     Yes 71 12 No 522 88

Table 2: Child characteristics of the households in Mai-Aini Eritrean refugees’ camp, Tigray region, Northern Ethiopia (N=593), February 2014