Research Article
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 |
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