Level of modern health care seeking behaviors among mothers having under five children in Dangila town, north West Ethiopia, 2016: a cross sectional study

Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of mothers/caregivers and under five children are in Dangila town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2015

Variable	Response	Frequency (N = 273)	Percent (%)
Age of mothers/caregivers	< 25 years	55	20.1
	25–29 years	102	37.4
	30–34 years	65	23.8
	≥35 years	51	18.7
Age of child	≤1 years	83	30.4
Age of child	> 1–5 years	190	69.6
Sex of children	Male	127	46.5
Sex of children	Female	146	53.5
Marital status of mothers.	Married	220	80.6
	Divorced	43	15.8
	Widowed	10	3.7
Religion of Mothers/care givers.	Orthodox	220	80.6
Religion of Mothers/care givers.	Muslim	53	19.4
Ethnicity of mothers/ caregivers	Amhara	173	63.4
Ethnicity of mothers/ caregivers	Others^a	100	36.6
Educational status	Unable to Write and read.	66	24.2
	Read and write	37	13.6
	Primary school	40	14.7
	Secondary school	58	21.2
	College and above	72	26.4
Occupation of mothers/ care givers.	House wife	134	49.1
	Government work	48	17.6
	Merchants	62	22.7
	Labor worker	29	10.6
Monthly income.	≤500	3	1.1
	501–1000	54	19.8
	1001–1500	56	20.5
	1501–2000	61	22.3
	> 2000	99	36.3
Family members	≤5	249	91.2
Family members	> 5	24	8.8
Number of under five children	1	229	83.9
Number of under five children	> 2	44	16.1

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