|
Variables
|
Frequency (n)
|
Percent (%)
|
|---|
|
Age of mother
|
|
< 20
|
88
|
11.3
|
|
20–34
|
598
|
76.4
|
|
> 34
|
96
|
12.3
|
|
Educational status
|
|
No formal education
|
212
|
27.1
|
|
Formal education
|
570
|
72.9
|
|
Marital status
|
|
Single
|
31
|
4.0
|
|
Married
|
681
|
87.1
|
|
Divorced
|
66
|
8.4
|
|
Widowed
|
4
|
0.5
|
|
Religion
|
|
Orthodox
|
662
|
84.7
|
|
Muslim
|
109
|
13.9
|
|
Protestant
|
10
|
1.4
|
|
Ethnicity
|
|
Amhara
|
755
|
96.6
|
|
Tigray
|
23
|
2.9
|
|
Guraghe
|
4
|
0.5
|
|
Parity
|
|
1
|
362
|
46.3
|
|
2–3
|
329
|
42.1
|
|
≥ 4
|
91
|
11.6
|
|
Maternal occupation
|
|
House wife
|
473
|
60.5
|
|
Merchant
|
112
|
14.3
|
|
Government Employee
|
101
|
13.0
|
|
Daily laborer
|
52
|
6.7
|
|
Student
|
43
|
5.5
|
|
Sex of the index child
|
|
Male
|
413
|
52.8
|
|
Female
|
369
|
47.2
|
