International Breastfeeding Journal

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of mothers with infants aged 0–5months (n = 579), Sorro District, Hadiya Zone, Southern Ethiopia, Aug 2015

From: Prevalence and associated factors of non-exclusive breastfeeding of infants during the first six months in rural area of Sorro District, Southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Variables		Number	Percent
Age of mother	15–20	34	5.9
	21–25	142	24.5
	26–30	259	44.7
	31–35	100	17.3
	>35	44	7.6
Religion of mother	Protestant	553	95.5
Religion of mother	Other^c	26	4.5
Mother’s ethnicity	Hadiya	532	91.9
	Kambata	16	2.8
	Tambaro	30	5.2
	Other^b	1	0.2
Mother’s educational status	No education	334	57.7
	Read and write only	83	14.3
	Pimary	135	23.3
	Secondary and above	27	4.7
Current marital status	Married	544	94.0
Current marital status	Unmarried^d	35	6.0
Occupation of mother	House wife	511	88.3
	Merchant	46	7.9
	Other^a	22	3.8
Child’s sex	Male	305	52.7
Child’s sex	Female	274	47.3
Index Child’s age	0-1 m	132	22.8
	2-3 m	242	41.8
	4-5 m	205	35.4
Wealth index	Poorest	226	39.0
	Poor	67	11.6
	Middle	35	6.0
	Rich	155	26.8
	Richest	96	16.6

^aDaily labor, craft woman, government worker ^bDawuro ^cOrthodox, Catholic and Muslim, ^dnever married, divorced and separated

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