Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of children under 5 and their mothers from the 2019 Ethiopian Mini demographic health survey (EMDHS) (n鈥�=鈥�5,045)
Variable (category) | Frequency | % |
|---|---|---|
Sex of child (Male) | 2,581 | 51.16 |
Early initiation of breastfeeding? (Yes) | 2,734 | 54.19 |
Is mom able to read and write? (Yes) | 1,828 | 36.23 |
Delivered at health facility? (Yes) | 2,423 | 48.07 |
Living in urban area? (Yes) | 1,163 | 23.05 |
Water source improved? (Yes) | 3,278 | 64.98 |
Use open defection as toilet facility? (Yes) | 2,080 | 41.23 |
Household has radio? (Yes) | 1,250 | 24.97 |
Household has TV? (Yes) | 905 | 18.07 |
Household has access to electricity? (Yes) | 1,443 | 28.82 |
Household head a man? (Yes) | 4,059 | 80.46 |
Uses clean fuel for cooking? (Yes) | 385 | 7.63 |
Uses solid fuel for cooking? (Yes) | 4,595 | 91.08 |
Is the floor earth or dung? (Yes) | 3,839 | 76.67 |
Living in the capital? (Yes) | 256 | 5.07 |
Mother a non-Christian? (Yes) | 2,609 | 51.71 |
Continuous Variable | Mean | SD |
Child鈥檚 age (months) | 28.9 | 17.1 |
Child鈥檚 birth order | 3.68 | 2.4 |
Mother鈥檚 age (years) | 28.7 | 6.34 |
Mother鈥檚 education (years) | 3.12 | 4.37 |
Number of ANC visits during pregnancy | 2.93 | 2.3 |
Number of children under 5 in household | 1.83 | 0.8 |
Number of household members | 6.16 | 2.37 |
Altitude of household (meters) | 1542.3 | 686.9 |
Wealth index score of household | -0.22 | 0.89 |
Age of mother at 1st birth | 18.62 | 4.16 |
Height-for-age Z-score (HAZ) | -1.26 | 1.47 |