Table 1

Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of mother/caretaker-infant dyads in Mekelle city, Tigray, 2021 (n=617)

Variable	Category	Frequency	Percentage
Household head sex	Male headed	496	80.4
Household head sex	Female headed	121	19.6
Marital Status	Married	559	90.6
Marital Status	Other*	58	9.4
Maternal formal education	No	23	3.7
Maternal formal education	Yes	594	96.3
Mother’s occupation	Housewife	397	64.3
Mother’s occupation	Employed	220	35.7
Father’s occupation	Unemployed	11	1.8
Father’s occupation	Employed	606	98.2
Infant sex	Male	253	41.0
Infant sex	Female	364	59.0

*Single, divorced or widowed.