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Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of children and their families in Woreda 8, Lideta Sub-City, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 2014

From: Undernutrition and associated risk factors among school age children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Variable

Categories

Number of observations

Relative frequency

Marital status

Married

369

80.4

 

Divorced

33

7.2

 

Widowed

51

11.1

 

Unmarried

6

1.3

Family size

2-5

307

66.9

 

6-8

134

29.2

 

>8

18

3.9

Ethnicity of mother/caregiver

Oromo

135

29.4

 

Amhara

129

28.1

 

Tigre

84

18.3

 

Gurage

81

17.7

 

Other

30

6.5

Religion of mother/caregiver

Orthodox

318

69.9

 

Muslim

75

16.3

 

Protestant

36

7.8

 

Catholic

27

5.9

 

Others

3

0.7

Educational status of mother/caregiver

Cannot read and write

51

11.1

 

Can read and write only

28

6.1

 

Primary education

191

41.6

 

Secondary education

151

32.9

 

College and above

33

7.2

 

Other

5

1.1

Monthly income of the family (in Ethiopian Birr)

<1000

54

11.8

 

1000-2000

309

67.3

 

>2000

96

20.9

Maternal age

20-35

267

58.9

 

36-45

147

32.5

 

>45

39

8.6

Maternal age at child birth

<20

78

16.9

 

20-30

321

69.9

 

>30

60

13.1

Age of children in years

5-9

177

38.6

 

10-14

282

61.4

Sex of children

Male

257

55.9

 

Female

202

44.0

Working status of mother

House wife

185

41.0

 

Employed

266

59.0

  1. Can read and write only*: individuals who attended non-formal education.