Research Article
Household Food Insecurity and Its Association with Nutritional Status of Children 6–59 Months of Age in East Badawacho District, South Ethiopia
Table 1
Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of parents at East Badawacho, South Ethiopia, February 2014.
| Variable | Category | Frequency | Percent |
| Head of the household | Female | 49 | 9.9 | Male | 447 | 90.1 | Total | 496 | 100.0 |
| Mother age | <24 | 50 | 10.1 | 25–34 | 355 | 71.6 | >35 | 91 | 18.3 | Total | 496 | 100.0 |
| Educational level of mother | No education | 217 | 43.8 | Primary | 203 | 40.9 | Secondary and above | 76 | 15.3 | Total | 496 | 100.0 |
| Educational level of father | No education | 123 | 24.8 | Primary | 244 | 49.3 | Secondary and above | 128 | 25.9 | Total | 495 | 100.0 |
| Occupation of mother | Housewife | 411 | 82.9 | Farmer | 14 | 2.8 | Merchant | 33 | 6.7 | Private org employee | 4 | 0.8 | Government employee | 22 | 4.4 | Daily laborer | 12 | 2.4 | Total | 496 | 100.0 |
| Occupation of father | Farmer | 263 | 58.8 | Daily worker | 50 | 11.2 | Merchant | 17 | 3.8 | Private org employee | 41 | 9.2 | Government employee | 76 | 17.0 | Total | 447 | 100.0 |
| Ethnicity | Hadiya | 348 | 70.2 | Kembata | 53 | 10.7 | Wolayita | 53 | 10.7 | Halaba | 35 | 7.1 | Other | 7 | 1.4 | Total | 496 | 100 |
| Religion | Protestant | 367 | 74.0 | Orthodox | 59 | 11.9 | Muslim | 39 | 7.9 | Catholic | 31 | 6.3 | Total | 496 | 100.0 |
| Number of under-five children | 1 child | 234 | 47.2 | 2 children | 214 | 43.1 | >3 children | 48 | 9.7 | Total | 496 | 100.0 |
| Family size | <5 | 147 | 29.6 | >6 | 349 | 70.4 | Total | 496 | 100 |
| Wealth index | Very poor | 98 | 20.0 | Poor | 100 | 20.4 | Middle | 96 | 19.6 | Rich | 99 | 20.2 | Very rich | 98 | 20.0 |
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Other = Amara (3), Oromo (2), and Tigre (2).
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