Table 2 Child, maternal and environmental characteristics of 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 | Category | Number of observations | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
Frequency of infection/ illness in a year prior to the study period | No illness | 102 | 22.2 |
1 | 114 | 24.8 | |
>1 | 243 | 52.9 | |
Presence of illness/infection in the last two week | Yes | 176 | 38.3 |
No | 283 | 61.7 | |
Nature of the floor of the house | Cement/brick/ceramic | 351 | 76.5 |
Soil | 108 | 23.5 | |
Presence of dirt in finger nails | Yes | 216 | 47.1 |
No | 243 | 52.9 | |
Meal frequency in a day prior to data collection | >3 | 225 | 49.0 |
3 | 177 | 38.6 | |
<3 | 57 | 12.4 | |
Main source of power used for cooking | Electric | 332 | 72.3 |
Wood/kerosene | 127 | 27.7 | |
Duration of general breast feed(in months) | Not breast feed | 10 | 2.2 |
<12 | 67 | 14.6 | |
12-24 | 201 | 43.8 | |
>24 | 12 | 6.4 | |
Do not remember | 60 | 13.1 | |
Birth order | ≤2 | 321 | 69.9 |
>2 | 138 | 30.1 | |
Bath taking of the child | Daily | 18 | 3.9 |
2-4 times/week | 48 | 10.5 | |
Weekly | 393 | 85.6 | |
Presence of hand washing facility near the latrine | Yes | 177 | 39.6 |
No | 270 | 60.4 | |
Main decision maker of the household | Father | 204 | 44.7 |
Mother | 82 | 17.9 | |
Both by discussion | 138 | 30.1 | |
Not sure | 35 | 7.4 |