|
Socio-demographic characteristics
|
Frequency
|
Percentage
|
|---|
|
Age of the mother (years)
| | |
|
≤24
|
28
|
15.6
|
|
25-29
|
73
|
40.8
|
|
≥30
|
78
|
43.6
|
|
Religion (n = 184)
| | |
|
Protestant
|
101
|
54.9
|
|
Orthodox
|
64
|
34.8
|
|
Muslim
|
15
|
8.2
|
|
Catholic
|
4
|
2.2
|
|
Ethnic group of mothers
| | |
|
Sidama
|
62
|
33.7
|
|
Amhara
|
37
|
20.1
|
|
Gurage
|
30
|
16.3
|
|
Oromo
|
28
|
15.2
|
|
Wolayita
|
17
|
9.2
|
|
Others*
|
10
|
5.4
|
|
Marital status
| | |
|
Married
|
158
|
84.5
|
|
Widowed
|
12
|
6.5
|
|
Divorced
|
11
|
7.61
|
|
Place of residence
| | |
|
Urban
|
134
|
72.8
|
|
Rural
|
50
|
27.2
|
|
Educational status
| | |
|
Illiterateɛ
|
77
|
43.03
|
|
Read/write
|
8
|
4.47
|
|
Primary education (1-8)
|
53
|
29.61
|
|
Secondary education (9+)
|
41
|
22.92
|
|
Sex of infant
| | |
|
Male
|
106
|
57.6
|
|
Female
|
78
|
42.4
|
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ɛThose who didn’tattend any formal education *Tigre, Kambata and Gamo.
