Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of mothers of under 5 years of children at Kolladiba town, 2020 (n=334)

Variables		Frequency (n)	%
Age in years	20–35	198	59.3
	36–50	139	39.5
	51–67	4	1.2
Marital status	Single	16	4.8
	Married	284	85
	Divorced	19	5.7
	Widowed	15	4.5
Religion	Orthodox	273	81.7
	Muslim	59	17.7
	Protestant	2	0.6
Educational status of the mother	No formal education	89	26.6
	Primary level	57	17.1
	Secondary level	46	13.9
	College and above	142	42.5
Occupation of mothers	Housewife	94	28.1
	Government employee	130	38.9
	Merchant	52	15.6
	Other	58	17.4
Occupation of the husbands	Daily labourer	18	6.34
	Gov’t employee	124	43.67
	Merchant	96	33.8
	Others	46	16.2
Family size	<5	192	58
Family size	≥5	139	42