Double Burden of Malnutrition among Female Adolescent Students in Bahir Dar City, Amhara, Ethiopia

Table 1

Socioeconomic and demographic profile of adolescent school girls in Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia ().

Characteristics	Frequency	Percent
Age of the respondents
14–16.5	231	39.9
16.6–19	451	66.1
Type of school
Government	583	85.5
Private	99	14.5
Level of grade
9^th	248	36.4
10^th	134	19.6
11^th	125	18.3
12^th	175	25.7
Marital status of the respondents
Married	59	8.7
Single	617	90.5
Separated	6	8.8
Family size
≤3	101	14.8
4-6	432	63.3
≥7	149	21.8
Religion
Orthodox	543	79.6
Protestant	35	5.1
Muslim	101	14.8
Others	3	0.4
Ethnicity
Amhara	668	97.9
Tigray	8	1.2
Others	6	0.9
Sex of head of the household
Male	556	81.5
Female	126	18.5
Occupational status of the father
Farmer	89	15.3
Government employee	298	43.7
Private employee (NGO, merchant, self-employed)	260	44.8
Others	29	4.3
Occupational status of the mother
Farmer	44	6.5
Government employee	91	13.3
Private employee (NGO, merchant, self-employed)	167	24.5
Housewife	358	52.5
Others	22	3.2
Educational level of the father
Illiterate	82	12.1
Primary school	166	24.5
Secondary school	136	20.1
Above secondary school	292	42.8
Educational level of the mother
Illiterate	158	23.2
Primary school	197	28.9
Secondary school	180	26.4
Above secondary school	147	21.5
Monthly family income(Ethiopian birr)
≤2500	187	27.4
2500-3999	125	18.3
4000-6000	203	29.8
≥6001	167	24.5
Vehicle use to come & back to school
Yes	226	33.1
No	456	66.9