Variables (n=358) Frequency Percent (%) Religion-Orthodox 113 31.6 Protestant 175 48.9 Muslim 61 17 Others* 9 2.5 Ethnicity-Sidama 129 36 Wolaita 67 18.7 Amhara 53 14.8 Others** 74 20.7 Write and read only 29 8.1  1-4 grade 58 16.2  5-8 grade 72 20.1  9-12 grade 112 31.3  College/University 87 24.3 Occupation    House wife 144 40.2 Government employee 66 18.4 Merchant 32 8.9 Others*** 116 32.4 Family size <5 155 43.3 > 5 203 56.7 Wealth index of household     Low  85 23.7 Medium 123 34.4 High 150 41.9 Sex of child Male 177 49.1 Female 181 50.6 Age of child in months 36-47 141 39.4 48-60 217 60.6

Table 1: Socio-economic demographic characteristics of study participants in Hawassa, 2012,*Catholic and Hawariat, **Kembata, Hadiya, Oromo and Silite ***Non-government employee, Self-employed, Student and house-worker.