Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study population in East Gojjam (n = 1985) and West Gojjam (n = 1979) zones of Amhara region, 2013

Household head:

 Female

291

14.7

277

14.0

568

14.3

 Male

1694

85.3

1702

86.0

3396

85.7

Marital status:

 Married

1689

85.1

1721

87.0

3410

86.0

 Divorced

231

11.6

157

7.9

388

9.8

 Widowed

46

2.3

57

2.9

103

2.6

 Separate

7

0.4

20

1.0

27

0.7

 Single

12

0.6

24

1.2

36

0.9

Family size:

 2-4

979

49.3

893

45.1

1872

47.2

 ≥5

1006

50.7

1086

54.9

2092

52.8

Maternal educational level:

 No formal education

1722

86.8

1559

78.8

3281

82.8

 Have a formal education

263

13.2

420

21.2

683

17.2

Paternal educational level:

 No formal education

1322

76.6

1205

67.5

2527

72.0

 Have a formal education

404

23.4

580

32.5

984

28.0

Maternal occupation:

 Housewife

765

38.5

1042

52.7

1807

45.6

 Farmer

1021

51.8

570

28.8

1591

40.1

 Private organization employee

4

0.2

17

0.9

21

0.5

 Merchant

188

9.5

245

12.4

433

10.9

 Government employ

12

0.6

63

3.2

75

1.9

 Day labourer

21

1.1

78

3.9

99

2.5

 Others

37

1.9

37

1.9

74

1.9

Paternal occupation:

 Farmer

1514

76.3

1244

63.0

2758

69.6

 Merchant

178

9.0

305

15.4

483

12.2

 Private organization employee

9

0.5

55

2.8

64

1.6

 Day labourer

28

1.4

90

4.6

118

3.0

 Government employee

32

1.6

111

5.6

143

3.6

 Others

11

0.6

52

2.6

63

1.6

Residential place:

 Rural

1917

96.9

1499

75.7

3416

86.2

 Urban

68

3.4

480

24.3

548

13.8

Family monthly income:

 1^st quartile (80–400 ETB)

797

40.2

429

21.7

1226

30.9

 2^nd quartile (403–560 ETB)

468

23.6

294

14.9

762

19.2

 3^rd quartile (561–800 ETB)

486

24.5

656

33.1

1142

28.8

 4^th quartile (810–9000 ETB)

234

11.8

600

30.3

834

21.0