Table 2: Socio-demographic characteristics of mothers, Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia, February 2017, (n=1042).
| Sociodemographic characteristics of mothers |
Child size at birth, n (%) |
Total, n(%) |
| Small |
Medium |
Large |
| Age of Mother |
15-24 years |
60 (18.5) |
214 (66.0) |
50 (15.4) |
324 (31.1) |
| 25-34 years |
93 (15.0) |
430 (69.2) |
98 (15.8) |
621 (59.6) |
| 35-49 years |
17 (17.5) |
71 (73.2) |
9 (9.3) |
97 (9.3) |
| Mother Educational level |
No education |
61 (21.0) |
198 (68.3) |
31 (107) |
290 (27.8) |
| Primary level |
57 (18.7) |
204 (66.9) |
44 (14.4) |
305 (29.3) |
| Secondary level |
21 (9.1) |
168 (73.0) |
41 (17.8) |
230 (22.1) |
| Higher level |
31 (14.3) |
145 (66.8) |
41 (18.9) |
217 (20.8) |
| Father Educational level |
No education |
41 (20.7) |
137 (69.2) |
20 (10.1) |
198 (19.0) |
| Primary level |
56 (20.4) |
183 (66.8) |
35 (12.8) |
274 (26.3) |
| Secondary level |
39 (13.4) |
203 (69.5) |
50 (17.1) |
292 (28.0) |
| Higher level |
34 (12.2) |
192 (69.1) |
52 (18.7) |
278 (26.7) |
| Family size |
≤5 Families |
122 (15.9) |
533 (69.7) |
110 (14.4) |
765 (73.4) |
| >5 Families |
48 (17.3) |
182 (65.7) |
47 (17.0) |
277 (26.6) |
| Wealth status |
Reach |
55 (14.6) |
245 (64.8) |
78 (20.6) |
378 (36.3) |
| Middle |
88 (16.7) |
373 (70.9) |
65 (12.4) |
526 (50.5) |
| Poor |
27 (19.6) |
97 (70.3) |
14 (10.1) |
138 (13.2) |