Factors Associated with U5M in the Afar Region of Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic and economic characteristics of children (0–59 months) and their mother in Afar Region, Ethiopia (n = 1475).

Variables	Category	Frequency (n = 1475)	Percentage
Father’s educational level	No education	1232	83.53
	Primary education	168	11.39
	Secondary education	75	5.08
Mothers educational level	No education	1312	88.95
	Primary education	144	9.76
	Secondary education	19	1.29
Child twin	Single	1425	96.61
	Multiple	50	3.39
Place of delivery	Home	1365	92.54
	Public sector	102	6.92
	Private	8	0.54
Mother’s occupation	No working	1238	83.93
	Had working	237	16.07
Husband/parent’s occupation	No working	271	18.37
	Had working	1204	81.63
Current marital status	Others	87	5.90
	Married	1388	94.10
Age of respondents at first birth (years)		775	52.54
		700	47.46
Sources of drinking water	Piped	126	8.54
	Others	1349	91.46
Types of toilet facility	Use toilet	261	17.69
	No any kind of toilet	1214	82.31
Currently breast feeding	No	743	50.37
	Yes	732	49.63
Birth order number	First	325	22.03
	2-3	488	33.09
	4 and above	662	44.88
Place of residence	Urban	118	8.00
	Rural	1357	92.00
Religion	Orthodox	35	2.37
	Muslim	1426	96.68
	Others	14	0.95
Current contraceptive method	No	1408	95.46
	Yes	67	4.54
Vaccination of child	No	1237	83.86
	Yes	238	16.14
Family size	1–3	209	14.17
	4–6	626	42.44
		640	43.39
Wealth status	Poor	1323	89.70
	Medium	21	1.42
	Rich	131	8.88
Sex of child	Male	819	55.53
	Female	656	44.47
Mothers age group (years)	Below 20	164	11.12
	20–29	596	40.41
	30–39	475	32.20
		240	16.27
Number of antenatal visits	No visits	1188	80.54
	1–3	179	12.14
	4 and above	108	7.32
Preceding birth interval (months)	0–24	860	58.31
	25–36	370	25.08
		245	16.61