Nutritional Status and Educational Performance of School-Aged Children in Lalibela Town Primary Schools, Northern Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic and economic characteristics of the study participants in Lalibela primary schools (), 2017.

Variables		Frequencies	Percent (%)
Gender	Male	252	49.90
	Female	253	50.10
Is a child living with his mother?	Yes	453	89.70
	No	52	10.30
Maternal age (year)	<20	3	0.59
	20-25	44	8.71
	26-29	90	17.82
	30-35	140	27.72
	>35	228	45.15
Residence	Urban	397	78.61
	Rural	108	21.39
Maternal marital status:	Married	410	81.19
	Divorced	50	9.90
	Separated	33	6.53
	Widowed	12	2.38
Maternal religion	Orthodox	498	98.61
	Muslim	7	1.39
Family income per month (ETB)	<1000	251	49.70
	1001-2500	189	37.43
	2501 and above	65	12.87
Number of family living together	2	46	9.1
	3-5	307	60.8
	>5	152	30.1