Research Article
Sick Child Feeding Practice and Associated Factors among Mothers of Children Less Than 24 Months Old, in Burayu Town, Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristic of respondents (
) visiting MCH units of health centers in Burayu town, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2015.
| Variables | Category | Frequency () | Percent (%) |
| Mother’s age | 15–19 | 3 | 0.80 | 20–24 | 151 | 41.7 | 25–29 | 161 | 44.5 | 30–34 | 42 | 11.6 | ≥35 | 5 | 1.40 |
| Ethnicity | Oromo | 174 | 48.0 | Amhara | 42 | 11.6 | Tigre | 18 | 5.00 | Gurage | 81 | 22.4 | Wolayita | 34 | 9.40 | Other | 13 | 3.60 |
| Mother’s religion | Orthodox | 160 | 44.2 | Muslim | 90 | 29.3 | Protestant | 106 | 59.4 | Other | 6 | 1.70 |
| Marital status | Married | 351 | 97.0 | Single | 8 | 2.20 | Divorced | 2 | 0.60 | Widowed | 1 | 0.30 |
| Mother’s occupation | Housewife | 266 | 73.5 | Working outside | 96 | 26.5 |
| Mothers education | Formal education | 320 | 88.4 | No formal education | 42 | 11.6 |
| Monthly income (ETB)∗ | ≤1000 | 147 | 40.6 | 1001–2000 | 114 | 31.5 | ≥2001 | 101 | 27.9 |
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∗Ethiopian birr.
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