Minimum acceptable diet practice and its associated factors among children aged 6–23 months in rural communities of Goncha district, north West Ethiopia

Table 1 Parental level socio-demographic characteristics of children aged 6–23 months, Goncha, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 430)

Characteristics	Category	Frequency(n)	Percentage (%)
Mother age (years)	15–24	121	28.1
	25–34	206	47.9
	35–49	103	24.0
Marital status	Married	365	84.9
	Divorced	28	6.5
	Single	25	5.8
	Other^a	12	2.8
Mother education	No formal education	283	65.8
Mother education	Formal education	147	34.2
Father education	No formal education	262	60.9
Father education	Formal education	168	39.1
Mother Occupation	Farmer	173	40.2
	Housewife	182	42.3
	Merchant	56	13.0
	Other^b	19	4.5
Father Occupation	Farmer	320	74.4
	Merchant	56	13.0
	Employee	40	9.3
	Other^c	14	3.3
Sex of a child	Male	213	49.5
Sex of a child	Female	217	50.5
Age of child in month	6–11	123	28.6
	12–17	142	33.0
	18–23	165	38.4
Birth order of a child	First	132	30.7
	Second to fourth	218	50.7
	Above fourth	80	18.6
Agroecology	Dega	230	53.5
Agroecology	Kola	200	46.5

^adied/separated, ^blabor work/no current work/employer, ^clabor work/no current work

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