Time to Recovery and Its Predictors among Children 6–59 Months Admitted with Severe Acute Malnutrition to East Amhara Hospitals, Northeast Ethiopia: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic status of the study participants in East Amhara, Ethiopia, 2019.

Variables	Categories	Frequency (n)	Percent (%)
Age of the child	6–11	134	39.3
	12–23	156	45.75
	24–35	40	11.73
	36–47	6	1.76
	48–59	5	1.47
Sex of the child	Male	180	52.79
	Female	161	47.21
Place of residence	Urban	69	20.23
	Rural	272	79.77
Age of caretaker	20–34	120	61.88
	35–49	180	37.83
	≥50	41	0.29
Sex of the caretaker	Male	15	4.40
	Female	326	95.60
Marital status of the caretaker	Married	314	92.08
	Widowed	16	94.13
	Separated	3	0.88
	Single	1	0.29
Ethnicity	Amhara	308	90.32
	Oromo	29	8.50
	Tigre	4	1.17
Religion	Orthodox	167	48.97
	Muslim	173	50.73
	Protestant	1	0.29
	Widowed	16	94.13
	Separated	3	0.88
Educational status of the caretaker	Illiterate	159	46.43
	Able to read/write	105	30.79
	Formal education (Grade)	73	21.41
Occupation	Housewife	201	58.94
	Farmer	83	24.34
	Gov’t worker	29	8.50
	Others	28	8.21