Associated Factors of Wasting among Infants and Young Children (IYC) in Kuyu District, Northern Oromia, Ethiopia

Table 1

Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics.

Variables	Frequency (no.)	Percent (%)
Age of the mothers (years)	65	10.62
≤24	130	21.24
25-29	417	68.14
≥30
The educational level of respondent
Illiterate	304	49.7
Able to read and write	126	20.6
Elementary school and above	182	29.7
Marital status of the respondent
Married	490	80.1
Divorced	53	8.7
Others (single, widowed)	69	11.3
Occupational status of the respondent
Housewife only	91	14.9
Farmer	316	51.6
Others (merchant, daily laborer)	205	33.5
Ethnicity of respondent
Oromo	604	98.7
Others (Amhara, Tigre)	8	1.3
Family size in the household
<5	199	32.5
≥5	413	67.5
Wealth index
Low	326	53.3
Middle	163	26.6
High	123	20.1