Hygienic Practice during Complementary Feeding and Associated Factors among Mothers of Children Aged 6–24 Months in Bahir Dar Zuria District, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents, in Bahir Dar Zuria District, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019.

Variables	Total (n)	Percent
Age of mothers
20–24	116	19.2
25–29	247	40.9
30–34	175	29
≥35	66	10.9
Ethnicity
Amhara	601	99.5
Tigray	3	0.5
Mother’s educational status
Unable to read and write	342	56.6
Able to read and write	170	28.1
Primary schooled	77	12.7
Secondary school and above	15	2.5
Mother’s occupation
House wife	338	56
Merchant	29	4.8
Farmer	230	38.1
Daily laborer	7	1.2
Husband’s educational status
Unable to read and write	402	66.6
Able to read and write	135	22.4
Primary schooled	51	8.4
Secondary school and above	16	2.6
Husband’s occupation
Farmer	575	95.2
Merchant	20	3.3
Daily laborer	9	1.5
Residence
Rural	507	83.9
Urban	97	16.1