| Variables | Response category | Frequency | Percent (%) |
| Family size (n = 611) | <5 family | 360 | 58.9 |
| >5 family | 251 | 41.1 | |
| Age of Mothers (n = 611) | <35 years | 436 | 71.4 |
| >35 years | 175 | 28.6 | |
| Religion (n = 611) | Orthodox | 270 | 44.2 |
| Protestant | 27 | 4.4 | |
| Muslim | 314 | 51.4 | |
| Marital status (n = 611) | Married | 598 | 97.9 |
| Divorced | 5 | 0.8 | |
| Single | 1 | 0.2 | |
| Widowed | 7 | 1.1 | |
| Ethnicity (n = 611) | Gurage | 599 | 98.0 |
| Silte | 7 | 1.1 | |
| Amahara | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Others* | 3 | 0.5 | |
| Maternal education (n = 611) | Illiterate | 491 | 80.4 |
| Read and write | 61 | 10.0 | |
| Primary | 54 | 8.8 | |
| Secondary and above | 5 | 0.8 | |
| Maternal Occupation (n = 611) | Housewives | 594 | 93.9 |
| Others** | 37 | 6.1 |