Research Article

Prevalence of Stunting and Its Associated Factors among Children of 6–59 Months in Arba Minch Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (HDSS), Southern Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Demographics and socioeconomic characteristics of 6 to 59 months children in Arba Minch HDSS, Southern Ethiopia, 2019.

VariablesCategoryFrequencyPercentage

Child sexMale32950.3
Female32549.7

Child age6–24 month19329.5
25–59 month46170.5

Mother educationNo formal education43065.7
Primary15423.5
Secondary and above7010.7

Father educationNo formal education39360.1
Primary17226.3
Secondary and above8913.6

Mother age≤24 years16725.5
25–34 years40962.5
≥35 years7811.9

Family size≤417426.6
5-626740.8
≥721332.6

Child birth order1st14021.4
2nd and 3rd24537.5
4th and above26941.1

ReligionProtestant46170.5
Orthodox19329.5

Mother occupationHouse wife50477
Farmer12519.1
Merchant172.6
Govt. or private employee81.3

Household wealthRich16425.1
Medium32649.8
Poor16425.1

Food securityFood secured43065.7
Food insecured22434.3