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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristic of study households in Northwest Ethiopia, May 2018

From: Prevalence and risk factors of acute lower respiratory infection among children living in biomass fuel using households: a community-based cross-sectional study in Northwest Ethiopia

Socio demographic characteristic

Frequency

Percent

Response rate

5830

100

Gender of child

 Female

2816

48.3

 Male

3014

51.7

Age of child

 < 1 Year old (0–11 months)

1601

27.5

 1 Year old (12–23 months)

1664

28.5

 2 Years old (24–35 months)

1528

26.2

 3 Years old (36–47 months)

1037

17.8

Age of mothers/ caretakers

 16–25 Years

1318

22.6

 26–35 Years

2854

49.0

 36–45 Years

1438

24.7

 46–55 Years

180

3.1

 > 56 Years

40

0.6

Marital status of mothers/ primary caretakers

 Married

5406

92.7

 Single

120

2.1

 Divorced

232

4.0

 Separated

53

0.9

 Widowed

19

0.3

Educational status of mothers/ caretakers

 Do not have formal education

4610

79.1

 Primary school (grade 1–8)

474

8.1

 Secondary school (grade 9–12)

366

6.3

 Higher education

380

6.5

Religion of mothers/ caretakers

 Orthodox

5699

97.8

 Muslim

123

2.1

 Protestant

8

0.1

Occupational status of mothers/ caretakers

 Farmer

3893

66.8

 Merchant

839

14.4

 Housewife

496

8.5

 Employee

332

5.7

 Daily laborer

234

4

 Student

36

0.6

Total family size of the household

 2–3

1158

19.9

 4–5

2025

34.7

 6–7

1784

30.6

 8–9

746

12.8

 10 or more

117

2.0