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Table 1 Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of study participants in Dembia District, Northwest Ethiopia, 2015

From: Nearly half of preschool children are stunted in Dembia district, Northwest Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study

Characteristics	Frequency	Percent (%)
Child age in (months)
24-36	288	42.3
37-48	233	34.2
49-59	160	23.5
Sex of child
Male	365	53.6
Female	316	46.4
Residence
Urban	47	6.9
Rural	634	93.1
Marital status
Single	25	3.7
Married	613	90
Others^a	43	6.3
Religion
Orthodox Christianity	674	99
Others^b	7	1
Ethnicity
Amhara	673	98.8
Others^f	8	1.2
Household size
≤4	226	33.2
5-6	251	36.8
≥7	204	30.0
No. of children ever born
≤2	195	28.6
3-5	355	52.1
≥6	131	19.2
Birth order of a child
1^st	128	18.8
2^nd-4^th	362	53.2
≥5^th	191	28
Maternal education
Uneducated	525	77.1
Primary	58	8.5
Secondary and above	98	14.4
Maternal employment status
Housewife	650	95.4
Others^c	31	4.6
Mothers age
15-34	495	72.7
35-49	186	27.3
Mothers age at first birth
≤19	430	63.1
20-49	251	36.9
Paternal education
Uneducated	410	60.2
Educated	271	39.8
Paternal employment
Farmer	620	91
Merchant	32	4.7
Others^d	29	4.3
Wealth index
Poor	226	33.2
Middle	228	33.5
High	227	33.3
Main source of family food
Own production	575	84.4
Other^e	106	15.6

^aDivorced, widowed and separated
^bMuslim and protestant
^cMerchant, government employer and student
^dGovernment employer and daily laborer
^ePurchasing and family assistant
^f-Oromo and Tigre

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