Prevalence of Thinness and Stunting and Associated Factors among Adolescent School Girls in Adwa Town, North Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of adolescent school girls, Adwa town, Northern Ethiopia, 2015.

Characteristics	Frequency	Percentage (%)
Age
Early adolescents	142	17.4
Middle adolescents	453	55.7
Late adolescent	219	26.9
Religion
Orthodox	758	93.1
Muslim	52	6.4
Catholic	4	0.5
Place of residence
Urban	512	62.9
Rural	302	37.1
Father’s education
No formal education	220	27.0
Primary education	213	26.2
Secondary education	205	25.2
College and above	176	21.6
Father’s occupation
Government employee	248	30.5
Farmer	315	38.7
Daily labourer	42	5.2
Merchant	199	24.4
Other	10	1.2
Mother’s education
No formal education	333	40.9
Primary education	168	20.6
Secondary education	181	22.3
College and above	132	16.2
Family size
≤5	446	54.8
>5	368	45.2
Wealth index
1st quintile	210	25.8
2nd quintile	200	24.6
3rd quintile	184	22.6
4th quintile	220	27.0

= NGO workers and private workers.