Table 1 Background characteristics of respondent in Rayitu District, 2013
Variables | Frequency (Percentage) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Malnourished (MUAC< 21 cm) | Normal (MUAC ≥21 cm) | ||
Age of Mothers/Caretakers | |||
15–20 yrs | 40(18.78) | 191(28.21) | 0.105 |
21–25 yrs | 71 (33.33) | 179(26.44) | |
26–30 yrs | 67(31.46) | 202(29.84) | |
31–35 yrs | 24(11.27) | 68(10.04 | |
36–40 yrs | 9(4.23) | 33(4.87) | |
41–45 yrs | 2(0.94) | 4(0.59) | |
Mothers education status | |||
Illiterate | 195(90.28) | 601(87.87) | 0.334 |
literate | 21(9.72) | 83(12.13) | |
Mothers marital status | |||
Single | 5(2.42) | 23(3.44) | 0.465 |
Married | 202(97.58) | 646(96.56) | |
Mothers Occupation | |||
Pastoralist | 93(44.08) | 191(28.17) | < 0.001 |
Farmer | 17(8.06) | 41(6.05) | |
Housewife | 101(47.87) | 446(65.78) | |
Mothers ethnicity | |||
Oromo | 213(99.07) | 680(99.71) | 0.222 |
Mothers Religion | |||
Muslim | 214(100) | 671(99.26) | 0.207 |
Annual income of the household | |||
Below the mean(< 8770 Birr)a | 132(71.74) | 382(60.83) | 0.007 |
Above the mean(≥8770 Birr) | 52(28.26) | 246(39.17) | |
Family size | |||
≤ 2 | 1(0.47) | 5(0.80) | 0.841 |
3–5 | 117(54.93) | 324(51.76) | |
6–9 | 85(39.91) | 267(42.65) | |
≥ 10 | 10(4.69) | 30(4.79) | |