Pregnant Mothers Diversified Dietary Intake and Associated Factors in Southwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of pregnant mothers in South West Ethiopia in February 2020 (n = 367).

Characteristics	Categories	Number	Percent
Educational status	Illiterate	66	18
	Attended some grads	266	72.5
	Higher education	35	9.5
Living	With husband	344	93.7
	Alone	2	0.5
	Her family	9	2.5
	Husband family	12	3.3
Religion	Protestant	297	80.7
	Orthodox tewahedo	68	18.5
	Muslim	2	0.5
Mothers have income	Yes	90	24.5
	No	272	75.5
Husband’s education status	Illiterate	54	14.7
	Attend some grades	269	73.3
	Higher education	44	12
Husband’s job	Government office	37	10.1
	Farmer	145	39.5
	Retailor	85	23.2
	Daily wage	100	27.2
Husband’s support	Yes	301	82
	No	66	18
Participating in social network	Yes	312	85
	No	55	15
Wealth status	Poor	122	33.2
	Medium	125	34.1
	Rich	120	32.7
HFI (A)	Food secured	230	62.7
	Mild food insecure	34	9.30
	Moderately food insecure	67	18.3
	Severely food insecure	36	9.8

HFI (A): household food insecurity access.