Table 1: Socio-demographic characteristics among mothers or caregivers under five children in Wonsho district, Sidaama Ethiopia, 2019 N = 302.

Characteristics	Categories	N	%
Sex of mother/caretaker	Female	47	15.6
Sex of mother/caretaker	Male	255	84.4
Age	< 30 years	129	42.7
Age	> = 30 years	173	57.3
Marital status of respondent	Married	289	95.7
Marital status of respondent	Others	13	4.3
Relation of sick child to respondent	Mother	255	84.4
	Father	34	11.3
	Others	13	4.3
Educational status of respondent	Non formal education	121	40.1
	Primary (1-8) education	136	45
	Secondary and above	45	14.9
Occupation of respondent	House wife	244	80.8
	Farmer	26	8.6
	Student	17	5.6
	Others	15	5
Ethnicity	Sidama	299	99
Ethnicity	Amhara	3	1
Religion of the respondent	Protestant	265	87.7
	Muslim	16	5.3
	Others	21	7
Family size	< 6 family members	230	76.2
Family size	6 and more family members	72	23.8
Average monthly income	< 1000 ETB	205	67.9
Average monthly income	1000 and more ETB	97	32.1
#U5 children in the family	One U5 child in the household	204	67.5
#U5 children in the family	> = U5 children in the household	98	32.5
Time take to reach nearest HP	< 30 minutes	128	42.4
Time take to reach nearest HP	> 30 minutes	174	57.6