Child Night Blindness and Bitot’s Spots Are Public Health Problems in Lay Armachiho District, Central Gondar Zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic and economic characteristics among children aged 24-59 months in Lay Armachiho District, Central Gondar Zone, northwest Ethiopia, 2019.

Variables		Frequency	Percent (%)
Age of children (in months)	24-35	295	29.3
	36-47	328	32.6
	48-59	384	38.1
Sex of children	Male	508	50.4
	Female	499	49.6
Birth interval	<3	414	41.1
	≥3	593	58.9
Age of mother (in years)	<20	34	3.4
	20-34	784	77.8
	35-49	189	18.8
Religion	Orthodox Christians	990	98.3
	Muslim	17	1.7
Ethnicity	Kimant	985	97.8
	Amhara	22	2.2
Mother’s educational status	Illiterate	636	63.2
	Literate	371	36.8
Father’s educational status	Illiterate	632	62.8
	Literate	375	32.2
Mother’s occupation	Housewife	985	97.8
	Government employee	4	0.4
	Others	18	1.8
Father’s occupation	Farmer	947	94.6
	Government employee	53	5.3
	Others	7	0.1
Marital status of the mother	Married	989	98.2
	Unmarried	2	0.2
	Separated	6	0.6
	Divorced	7	0.7
	Widowed	3	0.3
Number of children in the family	<4	359	35.7
	≥4	648	64.3
Wealth index	Poor	341	33.9
	Medium	327	32.4
	Rich	339	33.7