Feeding Practice during Diarrheal Episode among Children Aged between 6 to 23 Months in Mirab Abaya District, Gamo Gofa Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics for the parent of study participant in Mirab Abaya district, Gamo Gofa Zone, SNNPR, March 2016.

Variable	Number	Percent
Sex
Male	279	42.2
Female	382	57.8
Age in month
6 - 12	272	41.1
12 - 18	299	45.2
18 - 24	90	13.6
Number of under 5 year children
One	431	65.2
Two	230	34.8
Religion
Protestant	529	80.0
Orthodox	132	20.0
Maternal age in year
20 - 29	409	61.9
30 – 39	252	38.1
Ethnicity
Gamo	363	54.9
Wolayta	298	45.1
Marital status
Married	650	98.3
Single	6	0.9
Divorced	3	0.5
Widowed	2	0.3
Maternal occupation
Government worker	78	11.8
Student	55	8.3
House wife	528	79.9
Maternal educational status
No formal education	163	24.7
Grade 1 - 4	136	20.6
Grade 5 - 8	159	24.1
Grade 9 an above	203	30.7