Overweight and Undernutrition in the Cases of School-Going Adolescents in Wolaita Sodo Town, Southern Ethiopia: Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic and economic characteristics of respondents among school adolescents in Wolaita Sodo town, May 2015.

Variable	Level	Frequency	Percent
School type	Government	377	57.6
	Private	278	42.4
Age (years)	10–14	123	18.8
	15–19	532	81.2
Sex	Male	340	51.9
	Female	315	48.1
Religion	Orthodox	208	31.8
	Protestant	426	65.0
	Muslim	13	2.0
	Catholic	8	1.2
Ethnicity	Wolaita	588	89.8
	Amhara	22	3.4
	Gurage	14	2.1
	Gamo	9	1.4
	Others	22	3.3
Original residence	Urban	519	79.2
	Rural	136	20.8
Residential house	Rent from private	62	9.4
	Owned	550	84.0
	Rent from government	43	6.6
Fathers’ education	No formal education	40	6.1
	Grade 1–4	24	3.7
	Grade 5–8	111	16.9
	Grade 9-10	120	18.3
	Grade 11-12	86	13.1
	College and university	274	41.8
Mothers’ education	No formal education	71	10.8
	Grade 1–4	62	9.5
	Grade 5–8	181	27.6
	Grade 9-10	141	21.5
	Grade 11-12	59	9.0
	College and university	141	21.5
Family size	≤5	258	39.4
	>5	397	60.6
Monthly income (ETB)	<1000	175	26.7
	1001–2000	126	19.2
	2001–3000	109	16.6
	3001–4000	74	11.3
	>4001	171	26.1