Table 1 Socioeconomic information of households (n = 591) in Hadaleala district, Afar region, northeast Ethiopia, April to May, 2015
Variables | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Age of mothers in years | ||
15–24 | 131 | 22.2 |
25–34 | 311 | 52.6 |
≥ 35 | 149 | 25.2 |
Marital status of mothers | ||
Currently married | 577 | 97.6 |
Currently not married | 14 | 2.4 |
Educational level of mothers | ||
No formal education | 514 | 87.0 |
Formal education | 77 | 13.0 |
Occupational status of mothers | ||
Housewife | 559 | 94.6 |
Employed | 32 | 5.4 |
Ethnic group of mothers | ||
Afar | 537 | 90.9 |
Oromo | 44 | 7.4 |
Amhara | 10 | 1.7 |
Family size | ||
≤ 5. | 252 | 42.6 |
> 5 | 339 | 57.4 |
Household economic status | ||
Poor | 382 | 64.6 |
Medium | 209 | 35.4 |
Age group of children | ||
6.0–11.0 | 72 | 12.2 |
12.0–23.0 | 152 | 25.7 |
24.0–35.0 | 138 | 23.4 |
> 35.0 | 229 | 38.7 |
Sex of children | ||
Male | 317 | 53.6 |
Female | 274 | 46.4 |
Number of children | ||
One | 338 | 57.2 |
Two | 218 | 36.9 |
Three | 35 | 5.9 |