Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants, in the study of minimum acceptable diet among children aged 6–23 months in Jig-Jiga town, Somali region Eastern Ethiopia, 2022 (n = 536)
Variables | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Age of mothers | ||
15–24 25–34 35–44 >=45 | 99 293 125 19 | 18.5 54.7 23.3 3.5 |
Marital status of mothers | ||
Married Divorced Widowed/Separated | 502 19 15 | 93.7 3.5 2.8 |
Ethnicity of mothers | ||
Somali Others | 417 119 | 77.8 22.2 |
Education of the mothers | ||
Cannot read and write Primary level Secondary and above | 81 196 259 | 15.1 36.6 48.3 |
Education of the father | ||
Cannot read and write Primary level Secondary and above | 17 104 415 | 3.2 19.4 77.4 |
Age of the child | ||
6–11 12–17 18–23 | 253 159 124 | 47.2 29.7 23.1 |