Dietary Diversity among Children Aged 6–23 Months in Aleta Wondo District, Southern Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of children aged between 6 and 23 months in the Aleta Wondo district, Southern Ethiopia.

Variables (n = 502)	Frequency	Percentage
Child’s age (months)
6–8	82	16.3
9–11	71	14.2
12–23	349	69.5
Sex of the child
Male	266	53.0
Female	236	47.0
Age of the mother (years)
15–24	176	35.1
25–34	276	55.0
35–49	50	10.0
Mother’s educational status
Illiterate	384	76.5
Literate	118	23.5
Mother’s occupation
Housewife	447	89.0
Farmer	21	4.2
Government employee	17	3.4
Merchant	17	3.4
Religion
Protestant	465	92.6
Catholic	17	3.4
Others	20	4.0
Marital status
Married	484	96.4
Others	18	3.6
Father’s educational status
Illiterate	370	73.7
Literate	132	16.3
Father’s occupation
Farmer	415	82.7
Government employee	48	9.5
Merchant	38	7.6
Others	1	0.2
Head of the household
Male	493	98.2
Female	9	1.8
Number of under 5 children in the household
One	244	48.6
Two or more	258	51.4