Variables Frequency No Frequency percent (%) Age 6-8 months 97 17.3 9-12 months 165 29.4 13-17 months 256 45.6 18-24 months 44 7.8 sex of the child Male 266 47.3 Female 296 52.7 Residence of mother Rural 221 39.3 Urban 341 60.7 Age of the mother 15-19 97 17.3 20-24 165 29.4 25-29 256 45.6 ≥30 44 7.8 Religion statues Orthodox 196 34.9 Protestant 347 61.7 Muslim 19 3.4 Education No education 173 30.8 Primarueducation 202 35.9 Secondary and above 187 33.3 Occupational Statues Private (merchant, farmer) 245 43.6 Hourse wife 29 5.2 Gov. worker and Student 288 51.2 Ethnicity Gamo 461 82 Gofa 23 4.1 Wollayta 62 11 Amahara 14 2.5 Others 2 0.4 Monthly income ≤500 birr/month 457 81.3 ≥birr/month 105 18.7 Grow vegetable Yes 305 54.30% No education 257 45.30% Having cow that give milk Yes 215 38.30% No 347 61.70%

Table 1: Socio-demographic Characteristics of mothers, who had infant aged from 6 to 23 months, who live in Kamba Woreda, 2014