Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of mothers (respondents) who have infants less than 6 months old, in Bahir Dar town, North West, Ethiopia, 2017
Variable | Category (n = 472) | Frequency | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Infant sex | Male | 214 | 45.3 |
Female | 258 | 54.7 | |
Infant age | 0–30 days | 71 | 15 |
31–90 days | 140 | 29.7 | |
91–180 days | 261 | 55.3 | |
Age of mothers | 15–19 | 30 | 6.4 |
20–24 | 119 | 25.2 | |
25–29 | 163 | 34.5 | |
30–34 | 98 | 20.8 | |
35 and above | 62 | 13.1 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 355 | 75.2 |
Muslim | 94 | 20 | |
Protestant | 12 | 2.5 | |
Catholic | 11 | 2.3 | |
Ethnicity | Amhara | 455 | 96.4 |
Tigre | 6 | 1.3 | |
Oromo | 6 | 1.3 | |
Others | 5 | 1 | |
Level of education of mothers | No education | 86 | 18.2 |
Able to read and write | 55 | 11.7 | |
Primary school (1–8) | 108 | 22.9 | |
Secondary | 86 | 18.2 | |
Higher | 137 | 29 | |
Occupational status of mother’s | Housewife | 252 | 53.4 |
Governmental employee | 108 | 22.9 | |
Private employee | 46 | 9.7 | |
Merchant | 38 | 8.1 | |
Daily labor | 28 | 5.9 | |
Marital status of mother | Single | 36 | 7.6 |
Married | 409 | 86.7 | |
Widowed | 6 | 1.3 | |
Divorced | 21 | 4.4 | |
Husband educational level (409) | No education | 30 | 7.3 |
Able to read and write | 51 | 12.5 | |
Primary school (1–8) | 103 | 25.1 | |
Secondary | 85 | 20.80 | |
Higher | 140 | 34.3 | |
Husband occupation (409) | Govt employee | 118 | 28.9 |
Private employee | 77 | 18.8 | |
Merchant | 116 | 28.4 | |
Daily labor | 64 | 15.6 | |
Farmer and driver | 34 | 8.3 | |
Type of family | Nuclear family | 298 | 63.1 |
Extended family | 174 | 36.9 | |
Household income | ≤ 1000 | 59 | 12.5 |
1001–2000 | 160 | 33.9 | |
2001–3000 | 62 | 13.1 | |
> 3000 | 191 | 40.5 | |
ANC follow up | Yes | 370 | 78.4 |
No | 102 | 21.6 | |
Ways of delivery | Normal | 287 | 60.8 |
C/s | 185 | 39.2 | |
Place of delivery | Home | 119 | 25.2 |
Health institution | 353 | 74.8 |