Magnitude of stunting and its determinants in children aged 6–59 months among rural residents of Damot Gale district; southern Ethiopia

Table 1 Socio demographic and economic features of the respondents, Damot Gale, 2016

Features (n = 398)	Categories	Number	Percent
Age of child in months	6–11	36	9.0
	12–23	113	28.4
	24–35	79	19.8
	36–47	134	33.7
	48–59	36	9.0
Child’s sex	Male	171	43.0
Child’s sex	Female	227	57.0
Current marital status of mothers	Married	365	91.7
	Separated	17	4.3
	Divorced	2	0.5
	Widowed	14	3.5
Educational status of mother	Illiterate	223	56.0
	Primary	129	32.4
	Secondary and above	46	11.6
Source of HH income	Agriculture	340	85.4
	Off-farm	31	7.8
	Non-farm	27	6.8
Birth order	One	56	14.1
	Two to three	73	18.3
	Four to five	114	28.6
	Above five	155	38.9
Birth interval in months	First birth	56	14.1
	Less than 24	127	31.9
	24–35	107	26.9
	36–47	61	15.3
	48 and above	47	11.8
Number of children aged 6–59 months in HH	One	295	74.1
Number of children aged 6–59 months in HH	Two to three	103	25.9
Family size	Two to four	75	18.8
	Five to eight	284	71.4
	Nine to eleven	39	9.8
Agricultural land size in hectares	Less than half	214	53.8
	Half to one	116	29.1
	Greater than one and less than two	58	14.6
	Greater than two	10	2.5
Situations child’s mother routinely wash her hand by using soap	Before nourishing the baby	90	21.9
	Before breast nursing	37	9.0
	After washing baby’s bottom	160	38.9
	Before food preparation	124	30.2
Type of latrine	Pit	276	77.1
Type of latrine	Improved	82	22.9
Source of water for drinking	River	31	7.8
	Public pipe	287	72.1
	Spring	80	20.1

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