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

Other = Amara (3), Oromo (2), and Tigre (2).