Research Article
Stunting and Its Associated Factors among Early Adolescent School Girls of Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia: A School-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of early adolescent school girls, Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016.
| Variable/category | Number | Percentage |
| Age (in years) | | | 10 | 38 | 5.8 | 11 | 73 | 11.0 | 12 | 112 | 16.9 | 13 | 166 | 25.1 | 14 | 273 | 41.2 | Religion | | | Orthodox | 545 | 82.3 | Muslim | 69 | 10.4 | Protestant | 45 | 6.8 | Catholic | 3 | 0.5 | Grade of students | | | Grade 5 | 178 | 26.9 | Grade 6 | 173 | 26.1 | Grade 7 | 182 | 27.5 | Grade 8 | 129 | 19.5 | Mother’s education status | | | Illiterate | 148 | 22.3 | Read & write | 244 | 36.9 | Diploma | 162 | 24.5 | Degree and above | 108 | 16.3 | Father’s education status | | | Illiterate | 68 | 10.3 | Read & write | 221 | 33.4 | Diploma | 175 | 26.4 | Degree and above | 198 | 29.9 | Father’s occupation | | | Farmer | 89 | 13.4 | Craftsman | 121 | 18.3 | Merchant | 154 | 23.3 | Government employee | 292 | 44.1 | Daily laborer and private servant | 6 | 0.9 | Mother’s occupation | | | Housewife | 292 | 44.3 | Government employee | 242 | 36.6 | Merchant | 82 | 12.4 | Daily laborer and private servant | 45 | 6.8 | Alive parents | | | Both alive | 481 | 72.7 | Mother alive | 104 | 15.7 | Father alive | 44 | 6.6 | Both dead | 33 | 5.0 | Currently live with | | | Both parents | 384 | 58 | One of their parents | 278 | 42 | Family size | | | Less than five | 274 | 41.4 | Five and above | 388 | 58.6 |
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