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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of mothers with children less than 24 months of age in Mettu district, Oromia regional state, southwestern Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 719)

From: Prelacteal feeding and associated factors among mothers having children less than 24 months of age, in Mettu district, Southwest Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study

Variables

Frequency (No)

Percent (%)

Maternal age

 ≤ 24

194

27.00

 25–34

410

57.00

 ≥ 35

115

16.00

Ethnicity

 Oromo

514

71.50

 Amhara

140

19.50

 Gurage

51

7.10

 Kefa

14

1.90

Maternal religion

 Orthodox Christian

386

53.70

 Protestant

203

28.20

 Muslim

127

17.70

 Catholic

03

0.40

Family type

 Nuclear

571

79.40

 Single parents

97

13.50

 Extended

51

7.10

Maternal monthly income

 ≤ 500

223

31.00

 501–1000

149

20.70

 1001–2000

145

20.20

 > 2000

202

28.10

Maternal occupation

 Housewife

269

37.40

 Students

34

4.70

 Government employment

161

22.40

 Merchants

207

28.80

 Farmers

48

7.60

Age of index child

 0–5 months

247

34.30

 6–11 months

312

43.40

 12–23 months

160

22.30

100.00

Sex of index child

 Male

431

59.90

 Female

288

40.10

Birth order of index child

 1st

161

22.40

 2nd

247

34.40

 3rd

173

24.10

 ≥ 4th

152

19.19

Perceived wt. of index child

 Small

171

23.80

 Average

519

72.20

 Large

29

4.00

Residence

 Rural

595

82.80

 Urban

124

17.20

Educational status

 No education

71

9.90

 Read and write

151

21.00

 Primary education

206

28.70

 Secondary education

225

31.30

 College and above

66

9.20

Total

 

100.00

  1. In our manuscript, Table 1 shows the sociodemographic characteristics of mother–child pairs in the study area. We have depicted high frequencies in text and the details of demographic data were presented in the table