Dietary Diversity Feeding Practice and Its Associated Factors among Infants and Young Children Aged between 6 and 23 Months in Birbir Town, Southern Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemography and economy of mothers/caregivers and household characteristics on the study conducted to assess dietary diversity feeding practice and associated factors among 6–23-month children in Birbir Town, Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 334).
Variable
Number
Percent
Age of the mothers/caregivers (in years)
≤24
163
48.8
25–30
119
35.6
≥31
52
15.6
No formal education
74
22.2
Educational status of the mothers/caregivers at the time of the survey
Grades 1–8
134
40.1
Grades 9–12
86
25.7
College and above
40
12.0
Current marital status of mothers/caregivers at the time of the survey
Single
8
2.4
Married
316
94.6
Divorced/separated
6
1.8
Widowed
4
1.2
Current occupational status of the mothers/caregivers at the time of the survey
Housewife
160
47.9
Farmer
17
5.1
Merchant
68
20.4
Government employee
59
17.7
Daily laborer
16
4.8
Private
4
1.2
Other
10
3.0
Religion of the mothers/caregivers
Orthodox
160
47.9
Protestant
154
46.1
Muslim
20
6.0
Read newspaper, magazine, or any other material
No
50
15.0
Yes
284
85.0
Do you listen to the radio?
Yes
200
59.9
No
134
40.1
Do you watch TV?
Yes
244
73.1
No
90
26.9
Monthly income (in birr)
≤3000
284
85.0
>3000
50
15.0
Family size
≤3
104
31.1
4–6
187
56.0
≥7
43
12.9
Head of the house
Male
314
94.1
Female
20
5.9
Number of under-five-year-old children
1–2
306
91.6
≥3
28
8.4
Mothers/caregivers involved in decisions about feeding child (ren)
