Prevalence of Stunting among Children Aged 6–23 Months in Kemba Woreda, Southern Ethiopia: A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of mothers, who had infant aged from 6–23 months, who live in Kemba Woreda, 2014/15.

Variables	Frequency ()	Percent (%)
Age of child
6–8 months	125	22.2
9–12 months	172	30.6
13–17 months	119	21.2
18–23 months	146	26.0
Sex of child
Male	273	48.6
Female	289	51.4
Residence of mother
Rural	205	36.5
Urban	357	63.5
Age of mother
15–19	97	17.3
20–24	165	29.4
25–29	256	45.6
30	44	7.7
Religion status
Orthodox	197	35.1
Protestant	348	61.9
Muslim	17	3.0
Education
No education	173	30.8
Primary education	202	35.9
Secondary and above	187	33.3
Occupational status
Daily laborer	20	3.6
Private (merchant, farmers)	259	46.1
Government worker	27	4.8
Housewife	256	45.6
Ethnicity
Gamo and Gofa	491	87.4
Wolaita	58	10.3
Amhara	11	2.0
Others	2	0.4