BioMed Research International / 2015 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
Prevalence of Active Trachoma and Its Associated Factors among Rural and Urban Children in Dera Woreda, Northwest Ethiopia: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study Table 1 Characteristics of respondent (child’s father and mother) in Dera woreda, Northwest Ethiopia, 2014.
Variables Urban Rural Total Marital status Married 182 (84.6%) 431 (94.5%) 613 (91.4%) Divorced 25 (11.6%) 18 (4.0%) 43 (6.4%) Single 4 (1.9%) 0 (0%) 4 (0.6%) Widowed 4 (1.9%) 7 (1.5%) 11 (1.6%) Family size ≤4 113 (52.6%) 219 (48%) 332 (49.5%) >4 102 (47.4%) 237 (52%) 339 (50.5%) Religion Orthodox 187 (87%) 451 (98.9%) 638 (95.1%) Muslim 28 (13%) 5 (1.1%) 33 (4.9%) Father educational status Cannot read and write 91 (42.7%) 396 (88%) 487 (73.5%) Read/write 37 (17.4%) 50 (11.1%) 87 (13.1%) Primary 30 (14.1%) 3 (0.7%) 33 (5%) Secondary 21 (9.9%) 1 (0.2%) 22 (3.3%) Preparatory and above 33 (15.6%) 1 (0%) 34 (5.1%) Mother educational status Cannot read/write 103 (48.4%) 427 (93.8%) 530 (79.3%) Read and write 38 (17.8%) 25 (5.5%) 63 (9.4%) Primary school 38 (18.3%) 1 (0.2%) 40 (6%) Secondary 10 (4.7%) 2 (0.4%) 12 (1.8%) Preparatory and above 23 (10.8%) 0 (0%) 23 (3.5%) Wealth index Poor 55 (25.6%) 109 (23.9%) 164 (24.4%) Medium 82 (38.1%) 159 (34.9%) 241 (35.9%) Rich 78 (36.3%) 188 (41.1%) 266 (39.7%) Model household graduates Graduated 127 (59.1%) 350 (76.8%) 477 (71.1%) Not graduated 88 (40.9%) 106 (23.2%) 194 (28.9%)