Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of mothers with children aged 24 months or less in the Woldia, Kobo and Lalibela towns of North- Eastern Ethiopia, March 2015
Variables | Frequency (n) | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age of mother (n = 782) | ||
<20 | 88 | 11.3 |
20–34 | 598 | 76.5 |
>34 | 96 | 12.3 |
Mothers’ educational status (n = 782) | ||
No formal education | 212 | 27.1 |
Formal education | 570 | 72.9 |
Mothers’ marital status (n = 782) | ||
Single | 31 | 4.0 |
Married | 681 | 87.1 |
Divorced | 66 | 8.4 |
Widowed | 4 | 0.5 |
Religion of mother (n = 782) | ||
Orthodox | 662 | 84.7 |
Muslim | 109 | 13.9 |
Protestant | 10 | 1.3 |
Others | 1 | 0.1 |
Mothers’ ethnicity (n = 782) | ||
Amhara | 755 | 96.5 |
Tigray | 23 | 2.9 |
Others | 4 | 0.5 |
Mothers’ occupation (n = 782) | ||
House wife | 473 | 60.5 |
Student | 43 | 5.5 |
Merchant | 112 | 14.3 |
Government Employee | 101 | 12.9 |
Others | 52 | 6.6 |
Sex of last child (n = 782) | ||
Male | 413 | 52.8 |
Female | 369 | 47.2 |