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.