Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of respondents in Raya Kobo district, North-eastern Ethiopia, March 2016

Age

 <=20

 21–25

 26–30

 >30

50

135

133

175

10.1

27.4

27.0

35.5

Religion

 Orthodox

 Muslim

 Others*

334

158

1

67.7

32

0.2

Ethnicity

 Amhara

 Others**

491

2

99.6

0.4

Marital status

 Married

 Single

 Widowed

 Divorced

 Separated

356

10

20

76

31

72.2

2.0

4.1

15.4

6.3

Mothers’ education

 illitrate

 read and write only

 primary

 secondary and above

242

56

160

35

49.1

11.4

32.5

7.1

Mothers’ occupation

 house wife

 gov’t employee

 private

 merchant

 others***

436

8

15

22

12

88.4

1.6

3.0

4.5

2.4

House hold income (ETB)

 <=100

 101–300

 > = 301

293

75

125

59.4

15.2

25.4