Food Choice Behaviors of Lactating Women: Association with Body Mass Index and Fruits and Vegetables Intake in Central Amhara Region, Ethiopia—An Observational Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of lactating women (n = 423) in central Amhara from March to June 2016.

Variables	Frequency (n)	Percentage (%)
Age groups	28.79 ± (4.97)^1
15–25 years	109	25.8
26–35 years	270	63.8
36–49 years	44	10.4
Educational status
No formal education	30	7.1
Primary	97	22.9
Secondary	101	23.9
College and above	195	46.1
Marital status
Married	346	81.8
Other	77	18.2
Head of a family
Woman	71	16.78
Other	352	83.2
Occupation
Not having work	195	46.1
Having work	228	53.9
Family size	4.39 ± 1.41
2–4 persons	240	56.7
≥5 persons	183	43.3
Length of the lactation period
≤12 months	233	55.08
>13 months	190	44.92
Monthly income in ETB
≤3500	215	50.2
>3500	208	49.8

Note. 1 = mean ± standard deviation. ETB = Ethiopian Birr.