Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics parents with children aged 6–59 months, Meta District east Ethiopia 2017
Variables (n = 1555) | PSNP HH's | NPSNP HH's | p value |
|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | N (%) | ||
Mother education status | |||
Have no formal education | 685 (87.6) | 571 (73.9) | 0.001 |
Read and write only | 27 (3.5) | 90 (11.6) | |
Primary school | 51 (6.5) | 53 (6.9) | |
Secondary school | 19 (2.4) | 51 (6.6) | |
Diploma/degree | 0 (0) | 8 (1) | |
Father education status | |||
Have no formal education | 505 (64.6) | 442 (57.2) | 0.0001 |
Read and write only | 112 (14.3) | 100 (12.9) | |
Primary school | 132 (16.9) | 113 (14.6) | |
Secondary school | 25 (3.2) | 83 (10.7) | |
Preparatory | 8 (1) | 21 (2.7) | |
Diploma/degree | 0 (0) | 14 (1.8) | |
Maternal occupation | |||
Home lady | 676 (86.4) | 721 (93.3) | 0.0001 |
Farmer | 12 (1.5) | 11 (1.4) | |
Teacher | 0 (0) | 12 (1.6) | |
Civil servant | 0 (0) | 4 (0.5) | |
Merchant | 94 (12) | 25 (3.2) | |
Paternal occupation | |||
Farmer | 782 (100) | 708 (91.6) | 0.0001 |
Civil servant | 0 (0) | 16 (2.1) | |
Teacher | 0 (0) | 17 (2.2) | |
Merchant | 0 (0) | 12 (1.6) | |
No job (jobless) | 0 (0) | 20 (2.6) | |
Ethnic group | |||
Oromo | 772 (98.7%) | 732 (94.7%) | 0.0001 |
Amhara | 10 (1.3%) | 41 (5.3%) | |
Marital status | |||
Married | 723 (92.5%) | 724 (93.7%) | 0.0001 |
Divorced | 4 (.5%) | 13 (1.7%) | |
Widowed | 43 (5.5%) | 11 (1.4%) | |
Separate | 12 (1.5%) | 25 (3.2%) | |
Mother’s age | |||
18–44 years | 742 (95.3%) | 762 (98.6%) | 0.0001 |
45 and above years | 40 (5.1%) | 11 (1.4%) | |
Family size | |||
0–4 family | 127 (16.2) | 399 (51.6) | 0.0001 |
5–8 family | 528 (67.5) | 321 (41.5) | |
9 and more | 127 (16.2) | 53 (6.9) | |
Agro–ecologic zone | |||
High-land | 153 (19.6%) | 390 (50.5%) | 0.0001 |
Low-land | 403 (51.5%) | 224 (29%) | |
Mid-land | 226 (28.9%) | 159 (20.6%) | |
Wealth index | |||
Poorest | 314 (40.2) | 109 (14.1) | 0.0001 |
Poor | 128 (16.4) | 92 (11.9) | |
Medium | 174 (22.3) | 158 (20.4) | |
Rich | 138 (17.6) | 292 (37.8) | |
Richest | 28 (3.6) | 122 (15.8) | |