Minimum acceptable diet and associated factors among 6–23 months children in rural households with irrigated users and non-irrigated users in Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study

Table 1 Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of the respondents from irrigation users and non-users of North Mecha District, Northwest, Ethiopia, 2021 (N1 = 386, N2= 389)

Characteristics		Irrigation
		Non-users (N1=386)		Users (N2=389)
		Frequency	%	Frequency	%
Sex of the child	Male	204	52.8	189	48.6
Sex of the child	Female	182	47.2	200	51.4
Age of children in months	6-8	52	13.5	56	14.4
Age of children in months	9-23	334	86.5	333	85.6
Birth order	First to third	214	55.4	205	52.7
Birth order	Fourth & above	172	46.6	184	47.3
Number of U-5 children in the household	One	274	71.0	293	75.3
Number of U-5 children in the household	Two and more	112	29.0	96	24.7
Family size	<=5	215	55.7	209	53.7
Family size	>5	171	44.3	180	46.3
Age of the respondent in years	<=24	84	21.8	84	21.6
	25-34	180	46.6	179	46.0
	>=35	122	31.6	126	32.4
Marital status	Married	370	95.9	374	96.1
Marital status	Other (*)	16	4.1	15	3.8
Educational status	Can’t read &write	229	59.3	247	63.5
	Only read & Write	83	21.5	87	22.4
	Primary school (1-8)	41	10.6	29	7.5
	Secondary school (9-12)	23	6.0	12	3.1
	College/ university	10	2.6	14	3.6
Husband educational status	Can’t read and write	141	38.0	147	39.1
	Only Read and Write	138	37.2	160	42.6
	Primary school (1-8)	44	11.9	28	7.4
	Secondary school (9-12)	39	10.5	31	8.2
	College/ university	9	2.4	10	2.7
Husband occupation	Farmer	339	91.4	330	87.8
Husband occupation	Others (**)	32	8.6	46	12.2
Maternal involvement on decision	Yes	189	49	189	48.6
Maternal involvement on decision	No	197	51	200	51.4
Household Wealth status	Richest	66	17.1	69	17.7
	Rich	77	19.9	102	26.2
	Middle	74	19.2	82	21.1
	Poorer	84	21.8	69	17.7
	Poorest	85	22.0	67	17.2
Household food insecurity status	Food secure	279	72.3	289	74.3
	Mildly food insecure	94	24.4	69	17.7
	Moderately food insecure	13	3.4	31	8.0

ISSN: 2055-0928