Research Article
Prevalence and Predictors of Stunting among Primary School Children in Northeast Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of primary school children in Kutaber district, Northeast Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 341).
| | Characteristics | Categories | Number (%) |
| | Age (years) | 6–9 | 82 (24.05) | | 10–14 | 230 (67.45) | | 15–17 | 29 (8.5) |
| | Sex | Male | 177 (51.9) | | Female | 164 (48.1) |
| | Residence | Rural | 165 (48.4) | | Urban | 176 (51.6) |
| | Religion | Muslim | 263 (77.1) | | Orthodox | 78 (22.9) |
| | Ethnicity | Amhara | 339 (99.4) | | Others | 2 (0.6) |
| | Grade level | 1–4 | 142 (41.6) | | 5–8 | 199 (58.4) |
| | Mother’s education | Have no formal education | 100 (29.3) | | Read and write | 31 (9.1) | | Elementary | 104 (30.5) | | Secondary and above | 106 (31.1) |
| | Parent’s condition | Mother dead | 5 (1.5) | | Father dead | 13 (3.8) | | Both dead | 3 (.9) | | Both alive and live together | 292 (85.9) | | Live separately | 19 (5.6) | | Divorced | 9 (2.6) |
| | Living condition of the child | Live with family | 315 (92.4) | | Live outside family | 26 (7.6) |
| | Mother’s occupation | Housewife | 222 (65.1) | | Merchant | 49 (14.4) | | Government employee | 49 (14.4) | | Private employed | 18 (5.3) | | Others | 3 (0.9) |
| | Father’s education | Have no formal education | 52 (15.2) | | Read and write | 38 (11.1) | | Elementary | 104 (30.5) | | Secondary and above | 134 (39.3) |
| | Father’s occupation | Farmer | 137 (40.2) | | Merchant | 64 (18.8) | | Government employee | 86 (25.2) | | Private employee | 33 (9.7) | | Others | 9 (2.3) |
| | Family size | 1–5 | 226 (66.3) | | 6–9 | 115 (33.7) |
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Others = Tigre and Oromo; others = daily laborer and farmer. |
