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Table 2 Socio demographic characteristics of study participants in East Gojjam Zone, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia, 2015

From: Individual and community level factors with a significant role in determining child height-for-age Z score in East Gojjam Zone, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia: a multilevel analysis

Variables

Category

Frequency

Percentage

Child sex

Male

1543

49.6

Female

1565

50.4

Child age

6–11 month

424

13.6

12–23 month

853

27.4

24–35 month

723

23.3

36–47 month

710

22.8

48–59 month

398

12.8

Household head sex

Male

2851

91.7

Female

257

8.3

Mother marital status

Married

2823

90.0

Divorced

187

6.0

Separated

67

2.2

Widowed

31

1.0

Religion

Orthodox

3096

99.6

Othera

12

0.4

Ethnicity

Amhara

3102

99.8

Otherb

6

0.1

Father Education

No formal education

1490

47.9

Primary (1–6 grade)

1202

38.7

Secondary and above

416

13.4

Mother education

No formal education

2492

80.2

Primary (1–6 grade)

304

9.8

Secondary and above

312

10.0

Mother occupation

Farmer

2856

91.9

House wife

99

3.2

Merchant

77

2.48

Daily Laborer

36

1.2

Employed

16

0.5

Otherc

24

0.8

Mother age in years

14–19

44

1.4

20–24

387

12.5

25–29

906

29.3

30–34

790

25.5

35–39

650

21.0

40–44

225

7.3

45–49

99

2.9

Average family size

<5 members

1589

51.1

≥5 members

1519

48.9

Number of under five children

One

2593

83.4

Two

515

16.6

Women participation in household decision

Yes

2683

86.3

No

425

13.7

  1. aMuslim and protestant, bOromo and Tigre, cCarpenter and pottery