Table 1 Percent distribution of sampled children age 0–59 months by child’s, mother’s, and household characteristics, Ethiopia DHS 2016
Variables | N (%) |
|---|---|
Child’s characteristics | |
 Age | |
  Less than 6 months | 703 (7.5) |
  6–11 months | 1018 (10.8) |
  12–17 months | 1105 (11.7) |
  18–23 months | 831 (8.8) |
  24–59 months | 5762 (61) |
 Sex | |
  Male | 4832 (51.3) |
  Female | 4587 (48.7) |
 Birth order | |
  First | 1656 (17.6) |
  2 to 4 | 4066 (43.2) |
  5 or higher | 3697 (39.3) |
 Perceived weight at birth | |
  Very small | 1474 (15.8) |
  Smaller than average | 918 (9.8) |
  Average | 3894 (41.6) |
  Very large or larger than average | 3069 (32.8) |
Mother’s characteristics | |
 Marital status | |
  Never married | 53 (0.6) |
  Married/living with partner | 8932 (94.8) |
  Widowed/divorced/separated | 434 (4.6) |
 Age at child’s birth | |
  12–19 | 993 (10.5) |
  20–49 | 8427 (89.5) |
 Educational status | |
  No education | 6251 (64.6) |
  Primary | 2500 (26.5) |
  Secondary and above | 668 (7.1) |
 Working status | |
  No | 6780 (72.0) |
  Yes | 2640 (28.0) |
 Mother’s BMI | |
  Underweight | 1809 (19.7) |
  Normal | 6774 (73.8) |
  Overweight | 596 (6.5) |
 Maternal stature | |
  Normal stature | 8932 (97.3) |
  Short stature | 252 (2.7) |
Household characteristics | |
 Sex of household head | |
  Male | 8137 (86.4) |
  Female | 1282 (13.6) |
 Place of residence | |
  Urban | 1080 (11.5) |
  Rural | 8339 (88.5) |
 Region | |
  Tigray | 620 (6.6) |
  Afar | 94 (1.0) |
  Amhara | 1774 (18.8) |
  Oromia | 4090 (43.4) |
  Somali | 426 (4.5) |
  Benishangul | 100 (1.1) |
  SNNP | 2016 (21.4) |
  Gambela | 23 (0.2) |
  Harari | 22 (0.2) |
  Addis Ababa | 215 (2.3) |
  Dire Dawa | 39 (0.4) |
 Wealth quintile | |
  Poorest | 2237 (23.7) |
  Poorer | 2111 (22.4) |
  Middle | 1984 (21.1) |
  Richer | 1700 (18.0) |
  Richest | 1387 (14.7) |
 Drinking water source | |
  Improved water | 5347 (56.8) |
  Non-improved water | 4072 (43.2) |
 Type of toilet | |
  Improved toilet | 976 (10.4) |
  Non-improved toilet | 8443 (89.6) |
 Type of cooking fuel | |
  Modern fuel | 324 (3.4) |
  Traditional fuel | 9095 (96.6) |
Total | 9419 (100) |