Research Article
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 |
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