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Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of participants in Arba Minch HDSS 2022

From: Early cessation of breastfeeding and the associated factors among mothers with children aged 2 to 3 years in rural Southern Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

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Variables

Labels

Frequency

Percent

1

Mother age

15–24

46

10.6

25–34

287

66.3

35–44

87

20.1

>45

13

3.0

2

Marital status

Married

428

98.8

Single

4

0.9

Divorced

1

0.2

3

Maternal Educational status

Illiterate

236

54.5

Primary education

130

30.0

Secondary education and above

67

15.5

4

Fathers educational status

Illiterate

164

37.9

Primary education

191

44.1

Secondary education and above

78

18.0

5

Maternal Occupation

Farmer

98

22.63

Housewife

292

67.44

Private

43

9.93

6

Father occupation

Farmer

285

65.8

Government employee

33

7.6

Unemployed

33

7.6

Private worker

82

18.9