Research Article
High Prevalence of Undernutrition among Children in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics of parents, Gondar Town, northwest Ethiopia
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| Variables | Frequency | Percentage |
| Age of mothers (in years) | | | <25 | 165 | 23.3 | 25–30 | 364 | 51.5 | 31–35 | 102 | 14.4 | >35 | 76 | 10.7 | Mothers’ marital status | | | Currently married | 619 | 87.6 | Currently | 88 | 12.4 | Mothers’ religion | | | Orthodox | 501 | 70.9 | Muslim | 201 | 28.4 | Others | 5 | 0.7 | Mothers’ educational status | | | Unable to read and write | 220 | 31.1 | Primary | 210 | 29.7 | Secondary and above | 277 | 39.2 | Husbands’ education | | | Unable to read and write | 85 | 12 | Primary | 315 | 44.5 | Secondary and above | 307 | 43.4 | Mothers’ occupation | | | Housewife | 500 | 70.7 | Government employee | 38 | 5.3 | Merchant | 52 | 7.4 | Daily laborer | 117 | 16.5 | Husbands’ occupation | | | Government employee | 233 | 32.9 | Merchant | 207 | 29.3 | Daily laborer | 184 | 26.0 | Own private work | 83 | 11.7 | Family size | | | ≥7 | 68 | 9.6 | 4–6 | 389 | 55.0 | ≤3 | 250 | 35.4 | Number of under-five children | | | Two and above | 142 | 20.1 | One | 565 | 79.9 | Monthly income | | | <2175 | 446 | 63.1 | ≥2175 ETB | 261 | 36.9 |
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Single, widowed, or divorced; Ethiopian Birr (1$ = 26.7 ETB).
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