Table 1 Sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the study participants in Harbu Town, northeastern Ethiopia, May and June 2013
From: Age-related factors influencing the occurrence of undernutrition in northeastern Ethiopia
Characteristics | Categories | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Marital status | Married | 281 | 78.7 |
| Â | Divorced | 27 | 5.6 |
| Â | Widowed | 55 | 11.4 |
| Â | Single | 121 | 4.3 |
Family size | ≤5 | 318 | 65.7 |
| Â | >5 | 166 | 34.3 |
Ethnicity | Amhara | 471 | 97.3 |
| Â | Tigre | 7 | 1.2 |
| Â | Other | 7 | 1.4 |
Religion | Orthodox | 34 | 7.0 |
| Â | Muslim | 443 | 91.5 |
| Â | Protestant | 7 | 1.5 |
Educational status of mother | Cannot read and write | 274 | 56.6 |
| Â | No formal education | 13 | 2.7 |
|  | Grade 1–6 completed | 113 | 23.4 |
|  | Grade 7–12 completed | 74 | 15.3 |
| Â | College and above | 10 | 2.0 |
Monthly income (in Ethiopian Birr) | ≤250 | 101 | 21.3 |
| Â | 251-500 | 266 | 54.9 |
| Â | 501-1000 | 88 | 18.2 |
|  | ≥1001 | 27 | 5.6 |
Presence of toilet at home | No | 8 | 1.7 |
| Â | Yes | 476 | 98.4 |
Type of floor house | Mud | 437 | 90.3 |
| Â | Cemented | 40 | 8.3 |
| Â | Other | 7 | 1.5 |
Hand washing habit after latrine | Yes | 375 | 77.5 |
| Â | No | 109 | 22.5 |
Hand washing habit before eating | Yes | 379 | 78.3 |
| Â | No | 105 | 21.7 |
Source of drinking water | Piped* | 429 | 88.6 |
| Â | Well | 1 | 0.2 |
| Â | River, pond or lake | 52 | 10.7 |
| Â | Bottled water | 2 | 0.4 |