Sustainable under nutrition reduction program and dietary diversity among children’s aged 6–23 months, Northwest Ethiopia: Comparative cross-sectional study

Table 1 Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of children and caregivers among SURE covered and none covered districts in West Gojjam Zone, 2019

Socio-demographic	SURE, covered district n = 416			Non-SURE covered n = 416
Variable	Category	Frequency	%	Frequency	%
Age of mother	15–24 year	99	23.8	92	22.1
	25–34 year	227	54.6	256	61.5
	35–50 year	90	21.6	68	16.3
Marital status of the mother	Single	44	10.6	9	2.2
	Married	355	85.3	394	94.7
	Divo/widow/separated	17	4.1	13	3.1
Religion	Orthodox	384	92.3	405	97.4
	Muslim	23	5.5	11	2.6
	Protestant	8	1.9
Educational status of the mother	unable to read and write	202	48.6	248	59.6
	able to read and write	143	34.4	102	24.5
	Primary	31	7.5	38	9.1
	Secondary	29	7.0	23	5.5
	Certificate and above	11	2.6	5	1.2
Maternal Occupation	Farmer	281	67.5	251	60.3
	Government worker	44	10.6	46	11.1
	House wife	91	21.9	119	28.6
Educational status of the father	unable to read and write	121	29.1	29.1	29.1
	able to read and write	185	44.5	44.5	73.6
	Primary	55	13.2	13.2	86.8
	Secondary	27	6.5	6.5	93.3
	certificate and above	28	6.7	29.1	29.1
Father’s Occupation	Farmer	331	79.6	350	84.1
	government worker	22	5.3	6	1.4
	Merchant	17	4.1	4	1.0
	other^a	46	11.1	55	13.2
Relation of respondent	grand moth			3	.7
Relation of respondent	Mother	416	100.0	413	99.3
Age of the child	6–11 month	213	51.2	177	42.5
	12–17 month	117	28.1	142	34.1
	18–23 month	86	20.7	97	23.3
Birth order	first order	164	39.4	118	28.4
	second to fifth	228	54.8	259	62.3
	above fifth	24	5.8	39	9.4
Family size	< 4	197	47.4	156	37.5
Family size	> = 4	219	52.6	260	62.5
wealth status	Poor	135	32.5	137	32.9
	Medium	142	34.1	140	33.9
	Rich	139	33.4	138	33.2

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