Complementary Feeding Practices and Household Food Insecurity Status of Children Aged 6–23 Months in Shashemene City West Arsi Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristic of mothers with children of 6–23 months, in Shashemene city, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 520).

Age of mothers/caretakers	Frequency	Percent
≤24 years	151	29.4
25–29 years	231	44.4
30–34 years	100	19.2
35+	38	7.3
Religion of mothers
Orthodox	95	18.3
Protestant	81	15.5
Catholic	13	2.5
Others	6	1.2
Educational status of mothers
Basic education	117	22.5
Primary school	236	45.4
Secondary school	113	21.7
Higher education	54	10.4
Educational status of fathers
Basic education	71	13.7
Primary school	189	36.3
Secondary school	192	36.9
Higher education	68	13.1
Mothers’/caretakers’ occupation
Housewife	244	46.9
Daily labor	150	28.8
Government employee	64	12.3
Students	18	3.5
Merchant	44	8.5
Husband’s occupation
Government employee	149	28.7
Farmer	77	14.8
Merchant	217	41.7
Daily laborer	28	5.4
Others	49	9.4
Family income per month (ETB: Ethiopian birr)
≤999 ETB	13	2.5
1000–1999 ETB	84	16.2
2000–2999 ETB	129	24.8
3000–3999 ETB	89	17.1
≥4000 ETB	205	39.4
Ethnicity
Oromo	333	64
Amhara	89	17.2
Wolaita	47	9
Others	51	9.8
Family size
1–3	101	19.4
4–6	327	62.9
≥7	92	17.7
Who decide on the properties of the household
Husband	166	31.9
Wife	31	6
Jointly	323	62.1
Sources of information about commercially available CF
HCWs	95	18.3
Family	163	31.3
Media	215	41.3
Relative	16	6.9
Others	11	2.1
Household wealth index
Lowest	13	2.5
Second	61	11.7
Middle	203	39
Fourth	151	29

Highest CF: complementary feeding 92; HCWs: Health care workers 17.7.