Magnitude of Child Food Insecurity, Its Association with Child Immunization and Huosehold wealth Status, and Coping Strategies In Dabat Demographic and Surveillance System North West Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants in Dabat HDSS site, Dabat district, North West Ethiopia: April 2019.

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percentage
Educational status of head of the household	Not able to read and write	3,777	53.49
	Read and write	1,811	25.64
	Primary school	696	9.85
	Secondary school	462	6.54
	College and above	155	2.20
	Not specified	160	2.26
Marital status of head of the household	Underage	259	3.67
	Married	5,419	76.75
	Single	405	5.74
	Divorced	812	11.50
	Others	166	2.35
Ethnicity of head of the household	Amhara	6,972	98.74
	Tigray	21	0.30
	Others	68	0.96
Religion of head of the household	Orthodox Christian	6,786	96.11
	Muslim	211	2.99
	Others	64	0.91
Occupation of head of the household	Under age	457	6.47
	Farmer	3,362	47.61
	Merchant	1,967	27.86
	Government employee	283	4.01
	Private employee	484	6.85
	Housewife	201	2.85
	Student	63	0.89
	Others	244	3.46
Wealth status of the household	Low	2402	34.02
	Medium	3116	44.13
	High	1543	21.85
Household family size	One	264	3.75
	Two	711	10.07
	Three	1353	19.17
	Four	1264	17.91
	Five	1180	16.72
	Six and above	2286	32.38
Residence of the child	Rural	5684	80.50
	Urban	1377	19.50
Sex of the child	Male	3,494	49.48
	Female	3,567	50.52
Age of the child	6-12 months	1,055	14.94
	13-2 4 months	1,551	21.97
	25-36 months	1,562	22.12
	37-48 months	1,669	23.64
	49-50 month	1,224	17.33
Birth order of the child	First	1,354	19.18
	Second	1,168	16.54
	Third	1,080	15.29
	Forth	1,046	14.81
	Fifth and above	2,413	34.18
Birth interval of the child	One year	241	3.41
	Two years	1,463	20.72
	Three years	2,667	37.77
	Four years	1,258	17.82
	Five and above years	1,432	20.28
Caretaker of the child	Mother	6,747	95.55
	Grandparent	222	3.15
	Others	92	1.30
Source of food item	Garden	5242	74.24
	Market	1819	25.76