Nutritional Status of School Going Adolescent Girls in Awash Town, Afar Region, Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic and economic characteristics of school going adolescent girls, Awash town, 2018 (n = 340).

Variable	Category	Frequency	%
Age	10–14	135	39.7
	15–19	205	60.3
School grade	1–8	160	47
	9–12	180	53
Family size	<= 3	42	12.4
	4–5	94	27.6
	>5	204	60.0
Religion	Muslim	162	47.6
	Orthodox	122	35.9
	Protestant	56	16.5
Living	With parent	278	81.8
	Renting alone	9	2.6
	With relatives	53	15.6
Absence from school in a month	≥5 days	43	33.6
	<5 days	85	66.4
Work other than being student	Yes	46	13.5
	No	294	86.5