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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents in Gibe District, Hadiya Zone, Southern Nation Nationalist of People Region, Ethiopia, 2017

From: Nearly one in three children is suffering from sub-optimal feeding practice in Gibe District, Hadiya zone, South Ethiopia

Variables (n = 418)

Categories

Number

Percent

Age (years)

≤ 19

5

1.2

20–29

197

47.1

30–39

150

35.9

≥ 40

66

15.8

Marital status

Married

403

96.4

Widowed

9

2.2

Divorced

6

1.4

Mother education

No education

170

40.7

Primary education

167

40.0

Secondary education

60

14.4

Higher education

21

5.0

Mother occupation

House wife

228

54.5

Farmer

111

26.6

Private

62

14.8

Government

17

4.1

Family size

1–3

47

11.2

4–6

211

50.5

≥ 7

160

38.3

Income

Lower

83

19.9

Low

81

19.4

Medium

86

20.6

High

84

20.1

Higher

84

20.1

Husband education

(n = 403)

No education

38

9.1

Primary education

205

49.0

Secondary education

101

24.2

Higher education

59

14.1

Husband occupation

(n = 403)

Farmer

245

58.6

Merchant

75

17.9

Private

52

12.4

Government

31

7.4