Variables
Frequency
Percent (%)
(n=562)
Age of child
6-8 months
125
22.2
9-12 months
172
30.6
13-17 months
119
21.2
18-23 months
146
26
Sex of child
Male
273
48.6
Female
289
51.4
Residence of mother
Rural
205
36.5
Urban
357
63.5
Age of mother
15-19
97
17.3
20-24
165
29.4
25-29
256
45.6
>=30
44
7.7
Religion statues
Orthodox
197
35.1
Protestant
348
61.9
Muslim
17
3
Education
No education
173
30.8
Primary Education
202
35.9
Secondary & above
187
33.3
Occupational statues
Daily laborer
20
3.6
Private (merchant, farmers)
259
46.1
Government worker
27
4.8
Housewife
256
45.6
Ethnicity
Gamo&Gofa
491
87.4
Wolaita
58
10.3
Amhara
11
2
Others
2
0.4
Table 1:
Socio-demographic characteristics of mothers, who had infant aged from 6-23 months, who live in Kemba Woreda, 2014/15.