Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics among mothers having children less than 2 years of age in Aksum town, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2017
Demographic variables | Frequency (n = 477) | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age of the mother | ||
≤ 19 | 18 | 3.8 |
20–24 | 97 | 20.3 |
25–29 | 202 | 42.3 |
30–34 | 85 | 17.8 |
35–39 | 53 | 11.1 |
40–44 | 17 | 3.6 |
≥ 45 | 5 | 1 |
Family size | ||
≤ 3 | 158 | 33.1 |
≥ 4 | 319 | 66.9 |
Level of educational | ||
No education | 161 | 33.8 |
Primary school (1–8) | 120 | 25.2 |
Secondary school and above | 196 | 41.1 |
Marital status | ||
Single | 17 | 3.6 |
Married | 407 | 85.3 |
Widowed | 43 | 9 |
Divorced | 10 | 2.1 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 396 | 83 |
Muslim | 81 | 17 |
Ethnicity | ||
Tigray | 473 | 99.2 |
Amhara | 4 | 0.8 |
Occupation | ||
Housewife | 291 | 61 |
Governmental employee | 59 | 12.4 |
Private employee | 91 | 19.1 |
Daily labor | 35 | 7.3 |
Other | 1 | 0.2 |
Number of children | ||
≤ 3 | 393 | 82.4 |
≥ 4 | 84 | 17.6 |
Age of the child | ||
< 6 months | 145 | 30.4 |
6–11 months | 141 | 29.6 |
12–17 | 89 | 18.7 |
18–24 | 102 | 21.4 |
Sex of the child | ||
Male | 254 | 53.2 |
Female | 223 | 46.8 |
Birth order | ||
Birth order one | 150 | 31.4 |
Birth order 2–3 | 239 | 50.1 |
Birth order ≥ 4 | 88 | 18.4 |
Birth spacing | ||
No previous child | 150 | 31.4 |
< 24 months | 115 | 24.1 |
≥ 24 months | 212 | 44.4 |