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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents, Hawela Tula, SNNPR, 2016

From: Prelacteal feeding and associated factors among newborns in rural Sidama, south Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional survey

Variables

Frequency (%)

Age (in completed years)

  ≤ 20

78 (13.1)

 21–34

472 (79.1)

  ≥ 35

47 (7.9)

Mean ± SD

26.2 ± 5.2

Educational status

 No formal education

233 (39.0)

 Formal education (grade one and above)

364 (61.0)

Religion

 Protestant

459 (76.9)

 Catholic

55 (9.2)

 Muslim

78 (13.1)

 Others

5 (0.8)

Occupation

 Housewife

473 (79.2)

 Merchant

105 (17.6)

 Government Employee

11 (1.8)

 Private employee

5 (0.8)

 Others

3 (0.5)

Number of children

  ≤ 2

263 (44.1)

 3–4

214 (35.8)

  ≥ 5

120 (20.1)