Table 1 Cross tabulation of socio demographic characteristics of study participants with underweight status among 6–59 months old children in Berahle woreda, 2016 (n = 368)
Variable | Category | Underweight status of the children | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | Total | ||
Age of the children | 6–11 months | 20 (16.13) | 80 (32.79) | 100 (27.2) |
12–23 months | 34 (27.42) | 64 (26.23) | 98 (26.6) | |
24–35 months | 20 (16.13) | 46 (18.85) | 66 (17.9) | |
36–47 months | 18 (14.52) | 38 (15.57) | 56 (15.2) | |
48–59 months | 32 (25.80) | 16 (6.56) | 48 (13) | |
Residence | Rural | 79 (63.7) | 156 (63.9) | 235 (63.9) |
Urban | 45 (36.3) | 88 (36.1) | 133 (36.1) | |
Marital status | Married | 100 (80.6) | 200 (82) | 280 (76.1) |
Formerly married | 20 (16.2) | 34 (13.9) | 54 (20.1) | |
Single | 4 (3.2) | 10 (4.1) | 14 (3.8) | |
Religion | Muslim | 120 (96.8) | 210 (86.1) | 330 (89.7) |
Orthodox | 4 (3.2) | 34 (13.9) | 38 (10.3) | |
Husbands occupation | Farmer | 52 (41.9) | 65 (26.6) | 117 (31.8) |
Daily laborer | 4 (3.2) | 12 (4.9) | 16 (4.3) | |
Employed | 28 (22.6) | 87 (35.7) | 115 (31.2) | |
Merchant | 32 (25.8) | 70 (28.7) | 102 (27.7) | |
Other | 8 (6.5) | 10 (41.1) | 18 (4.9) | |
Educational status of mother | Illiterate | 85 (68.5) | 134 (54.9) | 219 (59.5) |
Literate | 39 (31.5) | 110 (45.1) | 149 (40.5) | |
Educational status of father | Illiterate | 44 (35.5) | 90 (36.90 | 134 (36.4) |
Literate | 80 (64.5) | 154 (63.1) | 234 (63.6) | |
Income | < 750 | 24 (19.4) | 37 (15.2) | 61 (16.5) |
750–1500 | 68 (54.8) | 121 (49.6) | 189 (51.3) | |
> 1500 | 32 (25.8) | 86 (35.2) | 118 (32.2) | |
Livestock ownership | Yes | 72 (58.1) | 134 (54.9) | 206 (56) |
No | 52 (41.9) | 110 (45.1) | 162 (44) | |
Decision maker | Husband | 33 (26.6) | 66 (27) | 99 (26.9) |
Wife | 14 (11.3) | 36 (14.8) | 50 (13.6) | |
Jointly | 77 (62.1) | 142 (58.2) | 219 (59.5) | |
Family size | ≤ 4 | 30 (24.2) | 72 (29.5) | 102 (27.7) |
> 4 | 94 (75.8) | 172 (70.5) | 266 (72.3) | |
Number of < 5 children in the house | One | 66 (53.2) | 120 (49.2) | 186 (50.5) |
Greater one | 58 (46.8) | 124 (50.8) | 182 (49.5) | |
Sex | Male | 68 (54.8) | 132 (54.1) | 200 (54.3) |
Female | 56 (45.2) | 112 (45.9) | 168 (45.7) | |
Birth weight (N = 28) | ≥ 2500 g | 4 (50) | 18 (90) | 22 (78.6) |
< 2500 g | 4 (50) | 2 (10) | 8 (23.4) | |
Size of the child during birth (n = 340) | Normal | 36 (30.5) | 160 (72.1) | 196 (57.6) |
Small | 80 (67.8) | 42 (18.9) | 122 (35.9) | |
Big | 2 (1.7) | 20 (9) | 22 (6.5) | |
Birth order | 1 | 18 (14.5) | 34 (13.5) | 52 (14.1) |
2–4 | 34 (27.4) | 118 (48.4) | 152 (41.3) | |
> 4 | 72 (58.1) | 92 (37.7) | 164 (44.6) | |
Diarrhea | No | 78 (62.9) | 214 (87.7) | 292 (79.3) |
Yes | 46 (37.1) | 30 (12.3) | 76 (20.7) | |
Cough | No | 111 (89.5) | 218 (89.3) | 329 (89.4) |
Yes | 13 (10.5) | 26 (10.7) | 39 (10.6) | |
Fever | No | 98 (79) | 202 (82.8) | 300 (81.5) |
Yes | 26 (21) | 42 (17.2) | 68 (18.5) | |
Ever breast fed | Yes | 124 (100) | 244 (100) | 368 (100) |
No | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
EBF | No | 64 (51.6) | 86 (35.2) | 150 (40.8) |
Yes | 60 (48.4) | 158 (64.8) | 218 (59.2) | |
Duration of EBF (n = 198) | ≥ 6 months | 14 (35) | 79 (48.1) | 90 (45.5) |
< 6 months | 26 (65) | 82 (51.9) | 108 (54.5) | |
Beginning of CF | ≥ 6 months | 61 (49.2) | 128 (52.5) | 189 (51.4) |
< 6 months | 63 (51.8) | 116 (47.5) | 179 (48.6) | |
Cessation of BF (n = 224) | > 24 months | 54 (61.4) | 98 (72.1) | 152 (67.9) |
< 24 months | 26 (29.5) | 36 (26.5) | 62 (27.7) | |
24 months | 8 (9.1) | 2 (1.5) | 10 (4.5) | |