Variable Frequency Percentage (%)
Age of mother(years)    
18- 29 417 70.3
30-39 116 19.6
40-49 60 10.1
Age at first birth(years)    
Less than 18 110 18.5
18-24 426 71.9
25- 30 57 9.6
Total child born before    
1 196 33.1
2 199 33.6
3 93 15.7
4 58 9.8
≥5 47 7.8
Extra food at pregnancy/lactation    
Yes 315 53.1
No 278 46.9
Health status during pregnancy    
Good 325 54.8
Not good 268 45.2
First ANC visits at HF (months)    
2 64 10.8
3 194 32.7
4 204 34.4
5 72 12.1
≥6 59 10
Family planning used    
Yes 379 63.9
No 214 36.1
Types of family planning used    
Pills 31 8.2
Injection 284 74.9
Implant 55 14.5
Others 9 2.4
Method of hand washing    
Using water only 22 3.7
Using soap sometimes 255 43
Using soap always 316 53.3
Awareness of EBF (in months)    
< 6 43 7.3
at 6 475 80.1
> 6 75 12.6
Table 4: Maternal characteristics of the households in Mai-Aini Eritrean refugees’ camp, Tigray region, Northern Ethiopia (N=593), February 2014