Dietary Diversity and Meal Frequency Practices among Infant and Young Children Aged 6–23 Months in Ethiopia: A Secondary Analysis of Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey 2011

Table 1

Sociodemographic and other health related characteristics of children aged 6–23 months, Ethiopia, 2012.

Characteristics	Frequency	Percentage
Sociodemographic characteristics
Husband education
No education	1363	48.1
Primary education	1202	42.4
Secondary and above	237	8.4
Place of residence
Urban	368	13
Rural	2468	87
Child characteristics
Age in months
6–11	1059	37.4
12–17	943	33.2
18–23	834	29.4
Birth order
First	487	17.2
Second	500	17.6
Third	427	15.1
Fourth	371	13.1
Fifth	1051	37.1
Mothers characteristics
Mothers work
Yes	937	33.0
No	1894	66.8
Mothers education
No education	1916	67.5
Primary	804	28.4
Secondary & above	116	4.1
Marital status
Never in union	21	0.7
Married	2653	93.5
Widowed	162	5.7
Household characteristics
Household wealth index
Poorest	683	24.1
Poorer	630	22.2
Middle	571	20.1
Richer	507	17.9
Richest	445	15.7
Exposure to media
Satisfactory	639	22.5
Unsatisfactory	2192	77.3
No. of children <5
One	928	32.7
Two	1447	51.0
Three and above	461	16.3
Decision making
Women involved	309	10.9
Women not involved	2341	88.3
Health service characteristics
ANC visit
No visit	1607	56.7
1–3	655	23.1
4+	494	17.4
Place of delivery
Home	2503	88.3
Health institute	333	11.7