Research Article
Malnutrition and Its Associated Factors among Rural School Children in Fayoum Governorate, Egypt
Table 2
Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants (
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| | Characteristics | Categories | Number (%) |
| | Age in years | 6–9 | 205 (27.9) | | 10–13 | 328 (44.6) | | 14–17 | 203 (27.6) | | Mean ± SD | |
| | Sex | Male | 429 (58.3) | | Females | 307 (41.7) |
| | Educational status of mother | Less than secondary education | 495 (67.3) | | Secondary and higher education | 241 (32.7) |
| | Mother work | Yes | 78 (10.6) | | No | 658 (89.4) |
| | Educational status of father | Less than secondary education | 429 (58.3) | | Secondary and higher education | 307 (41.7) |
| | Employment status of father | Regular | 401 (54.5) | | Irregular | 335 (45.5) |
| | Number of family members | ≤5 | 327 (44.4) | | >5 | 409 (55.6) |
| | Socioeconomic class of the student | Low and very low | 378 (51.4) | | Middle | 290 (39.4) | | High | 68 (9.2) |
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Evaluated by modified Fahmy and El-sherbini Score.
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