Variable | Category | Number | Percent (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Mothers age | 16–21 | 119 | 38.1 |
22–27 | 144 | 46.2 | |
28–33 | 43 | 13.8 | |
34 + | 6 | 1.9 | |
Infant’s age | 0–6 months | 256 | 82.1 |
7–12 months | 56 | 17.9 | |
Religion | Protestant | 205 | 65.7 |
Orthodox | 65 | 20.8 | |
Muslim | 36 | 11.5 | |
Other | 6 | 2.0 | |
Ethnicity | Sidama | 233 | 74.7 |
Oromo | 33 | 10.6 | |
Amhara | 36 | 11.5 | |
Other | 10 | 3.2 | |
Marital status | Single | 5 | 1.6 |
Married | 298 | 95.5 | |
Divorced | 4 | 1.3 | |
Widowed | 5 | 1.6 | |
Mothers educational status | Unable to read and write | 26 | 8.3 |
Able to read and write | 11 | 3.5 | |
Grade 1–6 | 55 | 17.6 | |
Grade 7–10 | 147 | 47.1 | |
Grade 11–12 | 17 | 5.4 | |
Diploma and above | 56 | 17.9 | |
Family size | 1–3 | 146 | 46.8 |
4–6 | 130 | 41.7 | |
≥ 6 | 36 | 11.5 | |
Mothers occupation | Student | 12 | 3.8 |
Housewife | 216 | 69.2 | |
Government employee | 49 | 15.7 | |
Private employee | 8 | 2.6 | |
Daily laborer | 5 | 1.6 | |
Merchant | 22 | 7.1 | |
Husbands educational status | Unable to read and write | 22 | 7.1 |
Able to read and write | 14 | 4.5 | |
Grade 1–6 | 27 | 8.6 | |
Grade 7–10 | 139 | 44.6 | |
Grade 11–12 | 26 | 8.3 | |
Diploma and above | 84 | 26.9 | |
Childhood history of common cold | Yes | 167 | 53.5 |
No | 145 | 46.5 | |
Childhood history of pneumonia | Yes | 60 | 19.2 |
No | 252 | 80.8 |