Colostrum avoidance practice and associated factors among mothers of infants less than six months in Chencha District: cross-sectional study

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of mothers having infants less than 6 months of age in ChenchaZuriaDistrict, Southern Ethiopia,2020

Variable	Categories	Frequency	Percent
Age group	18–27	274	42.3
	28–37	302	46.7
	38–47	71	11.0
Religion	Orthodox	320	49.5
	Protestant	307	47.4
	Others^a	20	3.1
Ethnicity	Gamo	607	93.8
	Zeysie	17	2.6
	Others^b	23	3.6
Occupational status of mother	Housewife	514	79.4
	Merchant	53	8.2
	Governmental employee	24	3.7
	Student	20	3.1
	pit trading and daily laborer	36	5.6
Educational status of mother	Formal education	275	42.5
	Able to read and write	208	32.1
	Unable to read and write	164	25.3
Marital status of the mothers	Married	604	93.4
	Single/Divorced	29	4.4
	Widowed	14	2.2
Occupational status of husband (N = 604)	Farmer	405	67.1
	Merchant	64	10.6
	Daily laborer	55	9.1
	Governmental employee	52	8.6
	Others	28	4.6
Educational status of husband (N = 604)	Formal education	270	44.7
	Able to read and write	202	33.4
	Unable to read and write	132	21.9
Household head	Father	555	85.8
	Mother	44	6.8
	Grandfather	39	6.0
	Grandmother	9	1.4
Wealth quintile	Lowest	130	20.1
	Second	107	16.5
	Middle	150	23.2
	Fourth	143	22.1
	Highest	117	18.1

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