Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants involved in Dara Mallo and Uba Debretsehay districts, Southern Ethiopia, 2019
Factor | Value categories | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|---|
Place of residence | Rural | 1928 (85.3) |
Semi-urban | 185 (8.2) | |
Urban | 148 (6.5) | |
Gender of household head | Male | 2103 (93.0) |
Female | 158 (7.0) | |
Age of household head | ≤ 34 | 584 (25.8) |
35–49 | 1501 (66.4) | |
≥ 50 | 176 (7.8) | |
Occupation of household head | Farmer | 1852 (81.9) |
Civil servant | 158 (7.0) | |
Merchant | 115 (5.1) | |
Housewife | 72 (3.2) | |
Daily laborer | 31 (1.4) | |
Others | 33 (1.5) | |
Educational status of household head | Illiterate | 1311 (58.0) |
Literate | 949 (42.0) | |
Ethnicity | Gofa | 1156 (51.1) |
Gamo | 928 (41.0) | |
Amhara | 31 (1.4) | |
Others | 146 (6.5) | |
Age of child’s mother (caretaker) | ≤ 34 | 1472 (65.1) |
35–49 | 751 (33.2) | |
≥ 50 | 38 (1.7) | |
Occupation of child’s mother (caretaker) | Housewife | 1867 (82.6) |
Farmer | 189 (8.4) | |
Merchant | 89 (3.9) | |
Employee | 82 (3.6) | |
Others | 34 (1.5) | |
Educational status of mother (caretaker) | Illiterate | 1682 (74.4) |
Literate | 579 (25.6) | |
Gender of SAC | Female | 1137 (50.3) |
Male | 1123 (49.7) | |
Grade of SAC | Grade 1 | 884 (39.1) |
Grade 2 | 635 (28.1) | |
Grade 3 | 740 (32.8) | |
Household size | Less than or equal to 5 | 457 (20.2) |
Greater than 5 | 1804 (79.8) |