Minimum Meal Frequency Practice and Its Associated Factors among Children Aged 6–23 Months in Amibara District, North East Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic and economic characteristics of study subjects in Amibara district, North East Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 364).

Variable	Category	Frequency	%
Age of the child (in months)	6–8	60	16.5
	9–23	304	83.5
Sex of the child	Male	194	53.3
	Female	170	46.7
Birth order of the child	1^st	117	32.1
	2^nd-3^rd	162	44.5
	≥4^th	85	23.4
Maternal age (in years)	<20 years	52	14.3
	20–34 years	283	77.7
	>34	29	8.0
Religion	Muslim	255	70.1
	Orthodox	77	21.2
	Protestant	30	8.2
	Other	2	0.5
Maternal marital status	Married	297	81.6
	Single	10	2.7
	Divorced	42	11.5
	Widowed	15	4.1
Household family size	2	28	7.7
	3–4	174	47.8
	≥5	162	44.5
Average HH monthly income	<1000	106	29.1
	≥1000	258	70.9