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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of mothers who attend EPI service in Aleta Wendo Health Center, Aleta Wondo Town, Southern Ethiopia, 2018 (N = 312)

From: Knowledge and practice on adequate sunlight exposure of infants among mothers attending EPI unit of Aleta Wondo Health Center, SNNPR, Ethiopia

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