Table 1 Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of households with children 6–35 month age, Ethiopia
From: Dietary zinc intake and its determinants among Ethiopian children 6–35 months of age
Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics | n | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Household head level of education | 4954 | |
No education | 34.4 | |
Can read and write | 8.6 | |
Primary, 1st cycle | 11.8 | |
Primary, 2nd cycle | 20.9 | |
High school | 17.3 | |
Tertiary level | 6.9 | |
Head of household employment | 4904 | |
Self employed | 77.1 | |
Employed | 8.8 | |
Public service worker | 4.7 | |
Unpaid family worker | 1.3 | |
Other | 8.1 | |
Women’s relationship to child | 7640 | |
Biological Mother | 95.0 | |
Caregiver | 5.0 | |
Mother’s/women caregiver’s employment | 7636 | |
Self employed | 43.8 | |
Employed | 2.8 | |
Public service worker | 1.4 | |
Unpaid family worker | 43.1 | |
Other | 9.0 | |
Mother’s/women’s caregiver’s level of education | 7835 | |
No education | 58.7 | |
Can read and write | 2.8 | |
Primary, 1st cycle | 10.6 | |
Primary, 2nd cycle | 12.2 | |
High School | 11.4 | |
Other | 4.3 | |
Wealth index | 7906 | |
Poorest | 23.1 | |
Second | 20.4 | |
Middle | 19.2 | |
Fourth | 18.0 | |
Richest | 19.3 |