Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants

Variable	Category	Frequency (n)	%
Educational status of mother/caregiver	No formal education	7379	48.2
	Primary	5367	35.1
	Secondary	1721	11.3
	Higher	828	5.4
Region	Tigray	1099	7.2
	Afar	126	0.8
	Amhara	3533	23.1
	Oromia	5613	36.7
	Somali	457	3.0
	Benishangul	158	1.0
	SNNPR	3245	21.2
	Gambela	43	0.3
	Harari	38	0.2
	Addis Adaba	896	5.9
	Dire Dawa	88	0.6
Respondents’ age (year)	15–19	3259	21.3
	20–24	2655	17.4
	25–29	2893	18.9
	30–34	2299	15.0
	35–39	1911	12.5
	40–44	1278	8.4
	45–49	1002	6.6
Family’s wealth index	Poor	5339	34.9
	Middle	2914	19.0
	Rich	7043	46.0
Mother/caregiver religion	Orthodox	6545	42.8
	Catholic	120	0.8
	Protestant	3624	23.7
	Muslin	4797	31.4
	Traditional	123	0.8
Place of residency	Urban	3389	22.2
Place of residency	Rural	11 906	77.8
Currently working	No	10 187	66.6
Currently working	Yes	5108	33.4