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 2
Obstetric characteristics of the mothers in East Badawacho, South Ethiopia, February 2014.
| Variable | Category | Frequency | Percent |
| Age at marriage | <19 | 227 | 45.8 | >20 | 269 | 54.2 | Total | 496 | 100.0 |
| Children ever born | ≤4 | 298 | 60.1 | >5 | 198 | 39.9 | Total | 496 | 100.0 |
| Marital status | Single | 2 | 0.4 | Married | 446 | 89.9 | Divorced | 25 | 5.0 | Widowed | 23 | 4.6 | Total | 496 | 100.0 |
| Extra food during pregnancy | Yes | 150 | 30.2 | No | 346 | 69.8 | Total | 496 | 100.0 |
| Health status during the pregnancy | Good | 410 | 82.7 | Sick | 86 | 17.3 | Total | 496 | 100.0 |
| ANC visit | Yes | 349 | 70.4 | No | 147 | 29.6 | Total | 496 | 100.0 |
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