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 3
Demographic and health related characteristics of children aged 6–59 months in East Badawacho District, South Ethiopia, February 2014.
| Variables | category | Frequency | Percent |
| Child’s sex | Male | 245 | 49.4 | Female | 251 | 50.6 | Total | 496 | 100.0 |
| Child age | 6–11 | 67 | 13.5 | 12–23 | 131 | 26.4 | 24–35 | 142 | 28.6 | 36–47 | 107 | 21.6 | 48–59 | 49 | 9.9 | Total | 496 | 100 |
| Birth interval | 1 year | 76 | 17.0 | 2 years | 221 | 49.4 | >3 years | 150 | 33.6 | Total | 447 | 100.0 |
| Birth order | 1 year | 49 | 9.9 | 2-3 years | 150 | 30.2 | 4-5 years | 179 | 36.1 | 6+ years | 118 | 23.8 | Total | 496 | 100.0 |
| Place of delivery | Home | 413 | 83.3 | Health institution | 83 | 16.3 | Total | 496 | 100.0 |
| Delivery attendance | TBA | 372 | 75.0 | Health personnel | 84 | 16.9 | Family | 40 | 8.1 | Total | 496 | 100.0 |
| Diarrhea | Yes | 165 | 33.3 | No | 331 | 66.7 | Total | 496 | 100.0 |
| Fever | Yes | 171 | 34.5 | No | 325 | 65.5 | Total | 496 | 100.0 |
| Other serious illness | Yes | 66 | 13.3 | No | 430 | 86.7 | Total | 496 | 100 |
| Birth weight/size at birth | Small | 85 | 17.1 | Average | 234 | 47.2 | Larger than average | 177 | 35.7 | Total | 496 | 100.0 |
| Respiratory disease | Yes | 82 | 16.5 | No | 414 | 83.5 | Total | 496 | 100.0 |
| Measles | Yes | 21 | 4.2 | No | 475 | 95.8 | Total | 496 | 100 |
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