Research Article
Determinants of Dietary Diversity Practice among Pregnant Women in the Gurage Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2021: Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of the pregnant women, in the Gurage zone, southwest Ethiopia, September to November 2021 (n = 722).
| Variable | Category | Frequency | Percent |
| Age in years | <25 | 191 | 26.5 | 25–35 | 444 | 61.5 | >35 | 87 | 12.0 |
| Marital status | Married | 704 | 97.5 | Single | 13 | 1.8 | Divorced/separated | 5 | .7 |
| Religion | Orthodox | 296 | 41.0 | Islam | 313 | 43.4 | Protestant | 81 | 11.2 | Catholic | 32 | 4.4 |
| Educational status | Illiterate | 462 | 64.0 | Primary | 42 | 5.8 | Secondary | 90 | 12.5 | Collage and above | 128 | 17.7 |
| Occupational status | Government employed | 122 | 16.9 | Merchant | 230 | 31.9 | Housewife | 289 | 40.0 | Students | 81 | 11.2 |
| Wealth status | Poor | 354 | 49.1 | Medium | 206 | 28.5 | Rich | 162 | 22.4 |
| Women empowerment | Low/moderate | 456 | 63.2 | High | 266 | 36.8 |
| Food security status | Food secure | 413 | 57.2 | Mildly food insecure | 180 | 24.9 | Moderately food insecure | 90 | 12.5 | Severely food insecure | 39 | 5.4 |
| Nutritional status | <23 | 259 | 35.9 | 23 and above | 463 | 64.1 |
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