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%)