Concordance of Mother-Child (6–23 Months) Dietary Diversity and Its Associated Factors in Kucha District, Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic and economic characteristics of mothers in Kucha District, Gamo Gofa Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2017.

Characteristics	Category	Number	(%)
Age in years	15–19	39	4.9
	20–24	273	34.5
	25–34	389	49.2
	35–49	90	11.4
Ethnicity	Gamo	685	86.6
	Gofa	48	6.1
	Wolayta	25	3.2
	Amhara	31	3.9
	Others	2	0.3
Educational status	No formal education	362	45.8
	Primary education	237	30
	Secondary and above	192	21.5
Religion	Orthodox	240	30.3
	Protestant	548	69.3
	Others	3	0.4
Residence	Rural	718	90.8
	Urban	73	9.2
Marital status	Married	720	91
	Single	26	3.3
	Divorced	18	2.3
	Widowed	27	3.4
Main occupation	Housewife	546	69
	Student	91	11.5
	Employee	25	3.2
	Daily laborer	31	3.9
	Merchant	65	8.2
	Others	33	4.2
Family size	1–3	385	48.7
	>4	406	51.3
Head of household (mothers)	Yes	82	10.4
	No	709	89.6
Main source of food	Own production (farming)	589	74.5
	Purchasing	163	20.6
	Others	39	4.9
Planting vegetables in backyard	Yes	96	12.1
	No	695	87.9
Presence of milking cow	Yes	278	35.1
	No	513	64.9
Presence of chickens laying eggs	Yes	364	46
	No	427	54
Food security status	Mildly food insecure	83	10.5
	Moderately food insecure	385	48.7
	Severely food insecure	11	1.4
	Food secure	312	39.4
Socio economic status	Poor (low)	297	37.5
	Medium	237	30
	High (rich)	257	32.5
ANC	Yes	557	70.4
	No	234	29.6
Delivery site	Health facility	471	59.5
	Home	320	40.5
PNC	Yes	557	70.4
	No	234	29.6
Diversified diet advice	Yes	554	70
	No	237	30
Maternal febrile illness in the previous 24 hours	Yes	100	12.6
	No	691	87.4
Maternal DDS	≥5 food groups	195	24.7
	<5 food groups	596	75.3
Child DDS	≥4 food groups	272	34.4
	<4 food groups	519	65.6