Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the parents of the under-five children, rural areas of Dire Dawa City Administration, 2018
Variables | Frequencies | Percentages | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mothers’/guardians’ | Ethnicity | Oromo | 926 | 80.8 |
Somali | 220 | 19.2 | ||
Religion | Muslim | 1141 | 99.6 | |
Orthodox Christian | 4 | 0.3 | ||
Protestant | 1 | 0.1 | ||
Educational status | No formal education | 789 | 68.8 | |
Primary education | 298 | 26.0 | ||
Secondary education | 44 | 3.8 | ||
Above secondary education | 15 | 1.3 | ||
Occupation | Housewife | 843 | 73.6 | |
Farmer | 261 | 22.8 | ||
Merchant | 21 | 1.8 | ||
Day laborer | 3 | 0.3 | ||
Government employee | 18 | 1.6 | ||
Fathers’ | Ethnicity | Oromo | 841 | 73.4 |
Somali | 244 | 21.3 | ||
Religion | Muslim | 1084 | 94.6 | |
Orthodox Christian | 1 | 0.1 | ||
Educational status | No formal education | 576 | 50.3 | |
Primary education | 371 | 32.4 | ||
Secondary education | 88 | 7.7 | ||
Above secondary education | 50 | 4.4 | ||
Occupation | Farmer | 961 | 83.9 | |
Merchant | 20 | 1.7 | ||
Day laborer | 16 | 1.4 | ||
Government employee | 88 | 7.7 | ||