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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents, Ankesha Guagusa Woreda, Awi administrative zone, Northwest Ethiopia 2012

From: Determinants of cessation of exclusive breastfeeding in Ankesha Guagusa Woreda, Awi Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Variables

 

Place of residence

Total (n = 563) no. (%)

Rural (n = 279) no (%)

Urban (n = 284) no. (%)

Ethnicity

Agew

257 (92.1)

140 (49.3)

397 (70.5)

Amhara

22 (7.9)

144 (50.7)

166 (29.5)

Educational status

No education

206 (73.8)

49 (17.3)

255 (45.3)

Primary

56 (20.1)

91 (32.0)

147 (26.1)

Secondary

15 (5.4)

68 (23.9)

83 (14.7)

College and above

2 (0.7)

76 (26.8)

78 (13.9)

Marital status

Married

270 (96.8)

279 (98.2)

549 (97.5)

Widowed

3 (1.1)

3(1.1)

6 (1.1)

Divorced

6 (2.2)

2(0.7)

8 (1.4)

Occupation

Housewife

10 (3.6)

142 (50.0)

152 (27)

Farmer

260 (93.2)

12 (4.2)

272 (48.3)

Merchant

1 (0.4)

43 (15.1)

44 (7.8)

Civil servant

2 (0.7)

69 (24.3)

71(12.6)

Student

2 (0.7)

12 (4.2)

14 (2.5)

Other

4 (1.4)

6 (2.1)

10 (1.8)

Sex of index child

Male

143 (51.3)

146 (51.4)

289 (51.3)

Female

136 (48.7)

138 (48.6)

274 (48.7)