Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of the mothers/caregivers and the children in a study of early newborn care and determinants among under-two years old children in 2019 EMDHS (n = 2105).

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Percentage
Socio-demographic variables
Age of women (years)	15–24	682	32.4
	25–34	1037	49.2
	36–49	386	18.4
Educational attainment of women	No education	978	46.4
	Primary education	840	40.0
	Secondary or above	287	13.6
Marital status of the mother	Currently married	1982	94.2
Marital status of the mother	Not currently married	123	5.8
Wealth index	Lowest	460	21.9
	Low	449	21.4
	Middle	393	18.7
	High	364	17.3
	Highest	439	20.8
Religion	Orthodox	753	35.8
	Muslim	758	36.0
	Protestant	555	26.4
	Others*	39	1.8
Child and health services-related variables
Birth order	≤ 3rd	1221	58.0
Birth order	> 3rd	884	42.0
Sex of child	Male	1084	51.5
Sex of child	Female	1021	48.5
Age of child (months)	0–5	662	31.4
	6–11	414	19.7
	12–23	1029	48.9
Number of under-five children in the family	One	893	42.4
	Two	945	44.9
	Three and above	267	12.7
Place of birth	Home	968	46.0
Place of birth	Health institution	1137	54.0
Mode of birth	Others**	1973	93.8
Mode of birth	Cesarean section	132	6.2
ANC visits	No ANC visit	549	26.1
ANC visits	At least one visit	1556	73.9
Community level variables
Residence	Urban	553	26.3
Residence	Rural	1552	73.7
Regions	Metropolis	83	3.9
	Large centrals	1824	86.7
	Pastoralist regions	198	9.4
Community-women illiteracy	Low	1859	88.3
Community-women illiteracy	High	246	11.7

Other*—Religions such as catholic, traditional, and other religions. ANC—Antenatal care.
Others**—Mode of delivery such as spontaneous vaginal delivery, instrumental assisted delivery, and other delivery methods.

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