Table 1 Background characteristics of the respondents, Damot Gale, 2016
Characteristics(n = 398) | Categories | No. | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 6–11 Months | 36 | 9.0 |
12–23 Months | 113 | 28.4 | |
24–35 Months | 79 | 19.8 | |
36–47 Months | 134 | 33.7 | |
48–59 Months | 36 | 9.0 | |
Sex | Male | 171 | 43.0 |
Female | 227 | 57.0 | |
Maternal marital status | Married | 365 | 91.7 |
Separated | 19 | 4.8 | |
Widowed | 14 | 3.5 | |
Maternal education | Illiterate | 223 | 56.0 |
Primary | 129 | 32.4 | |
Secondary & above | 46 | 11.6 | |
Maternal occupation | Agriculture | 314 | 79.0 |
Off-farm | 71 | 17.0 | |
Non-farm | 16 | 4.0 | |
Main source for HH income | Agriculture | 340 | 85.4 |
Off-farm | 31 | 7.8 | |
Non-farm | 27 | 6.8 | |
Birth order | 1 | 56 | 14.1 |
2–3 | 73 | 18.3 | |
4–5 | 114 | 28.6 | |
5+ | 155 | 38 .9 | |
Birth interval | First birth | 56 | 14.1 |
<24 month | 127 | 31.9 | |
24–35 month | 107 | 26.9 | |
36–47 month | 61 | 15.3 | |
48 & above month | 47 | 11.8 | |
No of children 6–59 month in HH | 1 | 295 | 74.1 |
2–3 | 103 | 25.9 | |
Family size | 2–4 | 75 | 18.8 |
5–8 | 284 | 71.4 | |
9–12 | 39 | 9.8 | |
Agricultural land size | <0.5 hectare | 214 | 53.8 |
0.5–1 hectare | 116 | 29.1 | |
>1–2 hectare | 58 | 14.6 | |
>2 hectare | 10 | 2.5 | |
Occasions child’s mother usually wash her hand by using soap | before feeding the baby | 90 | 21.9 |
before breast feeding | 37 | 9.0 | |
after cleaning baby’s bottom | 160 | 38.9 | |
before food preparation | 124 | 30.2 | |
Type of latrine | Pit latrine | 276 | 77.1 |
Improved pit latrine | 82 | 22.9 | |
Main water source for drinking | River | 31 | 7.8 |
Public pipe | 287 | 72.1 | |
Spring | 80 | 20.1 | |
Health status of children | Always sick | 20 | 5.1 |
Sometimes sick | 108 | 27.1 | |
Healthy | 270 | 67.8 | |
Presence of diarrhoea | No | 342 | 86.0 |
Yes | 56 | 14.0 | |
Meal eating frequency per day | Twice per day | 22 | 5.5 |
Three time per day | 201 | 50.5 | |
More than three times | 175 | 44.0 |