Research Article
High Prevalence of Undernutrition among Children in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Table 2
Selected health-related and sociodemographic characteristics of the children aged 6–59 months, Gondar Town, northwest Ethiopia
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| Variables | Frequency | Percentage |
| Sex of the child | | | Male | 378 | 53.5 | Female | 329 | 46.5 | Age of the child (in months) | | | 6–11 | 74 | 10.5 | 12–23 | 181 | 25.6 | 24–35 | 174 | 24.6 | 36–47 | 155 | 21.9 | 48–59 | 123 | 17.4 | Birth interval | | | 1st child | 289 | 40.9 | 1 year | 28 | 4.0 | 2 years | 79 | 11.2 | 3 years | 84 | 11.9 | 4 years and above | 227 | 32.1 | Weight changes in the last two weeks | | | Yes | 64 | 9.1 | No | 643 | 90.9 | Illness in the last two weeks | | | Yes | 152 | 21.5 | No | 555 | 78.5 | Morbidity symptoms | | | Diarrhea | 83 | 54.6 | Cough | 44 | 28.9 | Fever | 25 | 16.5 | Children had eating problem | | | Yes | 146 | 20.7 | No | 561 | 79.3 | Types of eating problems | | | Loss of appetite | 140 | 89.2 | Swallowing problem | 2 | 1.3 | Vomiting | 15 | 9.5 | Children had Bitot’s spot | | | Yes | 4 | 0.6 | No | 703 | 99.4 | Vitamin A supplementation | | | Yes | 682 | 96.5 | No | 25 | 3.5 |
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