Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the cohort for the effect of parity on time to initiate complementary feeding among mother-infant pairs in Awi Zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 2023 (N = 2196)
Variable name | Category | Mothers exposure status | Total (%) | X2 P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primipara (N = 732) | Multipara (N = 1464) | ||||||
Event (%) | Censored (%) | Event (%) | Censored (%) | ||||
Age of the mother | 15–24 | 336 (85.71) | 56 (14.29) | 579 (78.03) | 163 (21.97) | 1,134 (51.64) | ≤ 0.001+ |
25–34 | 261 (84.47) | 48 (15.53) | 444 (72.55) | 168 (27.45) | 921 (41.94) | ||
≥ 35 | 24 (77.42) | 7 (22.58) | 69 (62.73) | 41 (37.27) | 141 (6.42) | ||
Marital status of the mother | Single | 38 (79.17) | 10 (20.83) | 148 (78.31) | 41 (21.69) | 237 (10.79) | 0.462 |
Married | 577 (85.23) | 100 (14.77) | 914 (73.71) | 326 (26.29) | 1,917 (87.30) | ||
Divorced | 6 (85.71) | 1 (14.29) | 30 (85.71) | 5 (14.29) | 42(1.91) | ||
Education status of the mother | No education | 436 (83.21) | 88 (16.79) | 806 (74.15) | 281 (25.85) | 1,611 (73.36) | 0.090 |
Primary education | 95 (90.48) | 10 (9.52) | 151 (78.65) | 41 (21.35) | 297 (13.52) | ||
Secondary and above | 90 (87.38) | 13 (12.62) | 135 (72.97) | 50 (27.03) | 288 (13.11) | ||
Husband’s educational status | No education | 333 (85.60) | 56 (14.40) | 558 (73.71) | 199 (26.29) | 1,146 (59.78) | 0.736 |
Primary education | 171 (83.01) | 35 (16.99) | 231 (73.10) | 85 (26.90) | 522 (27.23) | ||
Secondary and above | 73 (89.02) | 9 (10.98) | 125 (74.85) | 42 (25.15) | 249 (12.99) | ||
Sex of the infant | Male | 262 (85.62) | 44 (14.38) | 503 (75.53) | 163 (24.47) | 972 (44.26) | 0.481 |
Female | 359 (84.27) | 67 (15.73) | 589 (73.81) | 209 (26.19) | 1,224 (55.74) | ||
Religion | Orthodox | 612 (84.88) | 109 (15.12) | 1,080(74.53) | 369 (25.47) | 2,170 (98.82) | 0.732 |
Muslim | 9 (81.82) | 2 (18.18) | 12 (80.00) | 3 (20.00) | 26 (1.18) | ||
Family size | < 4 | 570 (85.59) | 96 (14.41) | 876 (74.87) | 294 (25.13) | 1,836 (83.61) | 0.054 |
≥ 4 | 51 (77.27) | 15 (22.73) | 216 (73.47) | 78 (26.53) | 360 (16.39) | ||
Wealth status | Poorest | 110 (85.94) | 18 (14.06) | 246 (76.64) | 75 (23.36) | 449 (20.45) | 0.052 |
Poor | 125 (80.65) | 30 (19.35) | 177 (68.60) | 81 (31.40) | 413 (18.81) | ||
Middle | 132 (87.42) | 19 (12.58) | 187 (70.57) | 78 (29.43) | 416 (18.94) | ||
Rich | 129 (84.31) | 24 (15.69) | 220 (76.66) | 67 (23.34) | 440 (20.04) | ||
Richest | 125 (86.21) | 20 (13.79) | 262 (78.68) | 71 (21.32) | 478 (21.77) | ||
Age of the infant (end of follow up) | 6–8 months | 237 (82.58) | 50 (17.42) | 423 (74.87) | 142 (25.13) | 852 (38.80) | 0.626 |
9–12 months | 384 (86.29) | 61 (13.71) | 669 (74.42) | 230 (25.58) | 1,344 (61.20) | ||
Media Exposure | Yes | 300 (86.46) | 47 (13.54) | 505 (75.60) | 163 (24.40) | 1,015 (46.22) | 0.171 |
No | 321 (83.38) | 64 (16.62) | 587 (73.74) | 209 (26.26) | 1,181 (53.78) | ||