Dietary Diversity and Associated Factors among Children Aged 6-59 Months in Ethiopia: Analysis of Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey 2016 (EDHS 2016)

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics and other characteristics of the mothers, EDHS 2016.

Variables	Un weighted frequency	Un weighted percentage	Weighted frequency
Maternal
Age of mothers
<20	197	3.8	193
20-29	2761	53.5	2804
30-39	1906	36.9	2010
≥40	297	5.8	334
Mother’s educational level
Illiterate	3351	64.9	3523
Primarily	1295	25.1	1481
Secondary	335	6.5	229
Higher	180	3.5	108
Marital status
Never in union	24	0.5	21
Living with partner	4920	95.3	5089
Widowed	41	0.8	57
Divorced	42	0.8	36
No longer living together/separated	98	2.6	91
Religion
Orthodox	1362	26.4	1454
Catholic	32	0.6	33
Protestant	835	16.1	821
Muslin	2837	55.0	2955
Other and traditional	95	1.9	35
Mothers currently working
No	3889	75.4	4030
Yes	1272	24.6	1311
ANC visit
None	892	31.6	1017
1-3	843	29.9	901
>4	1085	38.5	1030
Community related
Residence
Urban	918	17.8	523
Rural	4243	82.2	4818
Wealth index combined
Poorest	1981	38.4	1396
Poorer	889	17.2	1226
Middle	731	14.2	1152
Richer	604	11.7	894
Richest	956	18.5	673
Source of drinking water
Nonimproved	2563	50.3	2216
Improved	2598	49.7	3125