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Table 1 Socio–demographic characteristics of mothers in Butajira HDSS, Southern Ethiopia, April, 2016 (n = 482)

From: Spatial distribution of under immunization among children 12–23 months old in Butajira HDSS, southern Ethiopia

Variable

Frequency

Percent (%)

Educational status

Did not attend school

268

55.6

Attended School

214

44.4

Primary

136

63.5

Secondary

57

26.5

Certificate and Higher

21

9.8

Marital status

Married

470

97.5

Divorced

3

0.62

Separated or Widowed

6

1.25

Single

3

0.62

Main Occupation

House wife

273

77.3

Merchant

88

18.2

Other (Government employee, Farmer or Daily Laborer)

21

4.2

Religion

Muslim

377

78.2

Orthodox Christian

59

12.2

Protestant

44

9.13

Other

2

0.14

Ethnic group

Welene

8

1.6

Sodo

38

7.9

Dobi

13

2.7

Meskan

235

48.7

Mareko

53

11

Silti

96

19.9

Other

39

8.1

Mothers age in years

15–24

82

17

25–34

314

65

35–49

86

18

Number of births by the Mother

1

89

18.5

2–5

282

58.5

> 6

111

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