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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants in Sodo Zuria district, South Ethiopia, June 2017

From: Predictors of stunting among children 6–59 months of age in Sodo Zuria District, South Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study

Variables (n = 342)

 

Frequency

Percentage

Maternal Age

15–19

9

2.63

20–29

192

56.14

30–39

121

35.38

≥40

20

5.85

Marital status

Currently married

299

87.43

Currently unmarrieda

43

12.57

Ethnicity

Wolaita

336

98.25

Othersb

6

1.75

Religion

Protestant

246

71.93

Orthodox

87

25.44

Othersc

9

2.63

Maternal education

Can’t read and write

224

65.50

Read and write

7

2.05

Primary education (1–8)

90

26.31

Secondary education (9–12)

9

2.63

Above secondary

12

3.51

Paternal education

Can’t read and write

183

53.51

Read and write

15

4.38

Primary education (1–8)

113

33.04

Secondary education (9–12)

11

3.22

Above secondary

20

5.85

Maternal occupation

Housewife

25

7.31

Farmer

239

69.88

Merchant

46

13.45

Othersd

32

9.36

Paternal occupation

Farmer

244

71.34

Government employee

25

7.31

Merchant

42

12.28

Otherd

31

9.06

Monthly Income

<750 ETB

258

75.44

750–1500 ETB

68

19.88

>1500 ETB

16

4.68

Decision making on income

Husband

10

2.92

Spouse

38

11.11

Jointly

294

85.97

Family size

≤5

154

42.03

>5

188

54.97

Child sex

Male

164

47.95

Female

178

52.05

Child age (in months)

6–23

104

30.41

24–59

238

69.59

  1. awidowed, separated, divorced bAmhara, Gurage, Oromo cMuslim, Catholic dnon government employee, self employee, student