Prevalence of Malnutrition and Associated Factors among Children in Rural Ethiopia

Table 1

Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of children aged 0–59 months, rural Ethiopia, 2014.

Characteristics	Frequency (%)
Sex of the child
Male	1545 (49.9)
Female	1550 (50.1)
Age of child (in months)
<6	346.6 (11.2)
6–11	356.3 (11.5)
12–23	694.1 (22.4)
24–35	687.9 (22.2)
36–47	592.1 (19.1)
48–59	417.7 (13.5)
Birth order
1	405.8 (14.4)
2-3	862.1 (30.6)
4-5	758.9 (27.0)
6^+	793.5 (28.1)
Preceding birth interval
≤24 months	406 (13.1)
>24 months	2689 (86.9)
Current marital status
Currently not in union	116 (7.0)
Currently in union	1550 (93.0)
Mother age at first birth
18 and less	917.2 (55.6)
19 and above	734 (44.4)
Household family size
Five and less	1346 (43.5)
Six and above	1749 (56.5)
Region of residence
Oromiya	1264 (40.9)
Amhara	754.6 (24.4)
SNNP	741.3 (23.9)
Tigray	198 (6.4)
Somalia	55.1 (1.8)
Benshangul-Gumuz	31.2 (1.0)
Affar	26.2 (0.8)
Gambela	12.4 (0.4)
Dire Dawa	7.2 (0.2)
Harari	4.6 (0.15)
Mother’s education
No education	1898 (67.3)
Primary education	848.8 (30.1)
Secondary and above	73.2 (2.6)
Sex of household head
Male	2778 (89.8)
Female	316.3 (10.2)
Two and less	2797 (90.4)
More than two	298 (9.6)
Wealth status
Poor	1562 (50.5)
Medium	717.4 (23.2)
Rich	815.2 (26.3)
ANC visit
Yes	1250 (55.7)
No	994 (44.3)