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Table 1 Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of study participants in the rural population of northwest Ethiopia, 2015

From: Factors associated with prelacteal feeding in the rural population of northwest Ethiopia: a community cross-sectional study

Variables	Frequency	Percent
Age of the child
6–11 moths	239	29.1
12–24 months	583	70.9
Sex of the child
Male	410	49.9
Female	412	50.1
Religion
Orthodox	773	94.0
Other^a	49	6.0
Mothers age
<35	507	61.7
≥35	315	38.3
Mothers education
Uneducated	571	69.5
Primary	109	13.3
Secondary and above	142	17.3
Mothers employment
Housewife	482	58.6
Farmer	211	25.7
Other^b	129	15.7
Mothers marital status
Married	739	89.9
Currently unmarried^c	83	10.1
Fathers education
Uneducated	554	67.4
Primary	143	17.4
Secondary and above	125	15.2
Fathers employment
Unemployed	46	5.6
Farmer	431	52.4
Other employment^d	345	42.0
Household size
≤4	304	37.0
>4	518	63.0
Wealth status
Poor	307	37.3
Middle	246	29.9
High	269	32.7

^aMuslim, protestant and catholic, ^bstudents, unemployed, servant, own business, ^csingle, divorced and widowed, ^dmerchant, contract and permanent work

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