Dietary diversity among school age children in Merawi town, Amhara region, Ethiopia, 2018: a community based cross-sectional study

Table 1 Socio-demographic distribution of school age children in Merawi town, North West, Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 396)

Variable	Response	Frequency	Percent
Sex of the child	Male	201	50.8
Sex of the child	Female	195	49.2
Age of the child	6–8 years	186	47.0
	9–10 years	134	33.8
	11–12 years	76	19.2
Number of children in the household	1–2	179	45.2
	3–4	184	46.5
	Five and above	33	8.3
Family size	1–2	10	2.5
	3–4	150	37.9
	5+	236	59.6
Birth order of the child	First	120	30.3
Birth order of the child	Second and above	276	69.7
Age of the mother	18–45	381	96.2
Age of the mother	46–60	15	3.8
Mother’s religion	Orthodox christian	258	65.2
	Muslim	100	25.3
	Protestant	38	9.6
Mother’s ethnicity	Amhra	395	99.7
Mother’s ethnicity	Others	1	0.3
Mother’s education	Educated	221	55.8
Mother’s education	Uneducated	175	44.2
Mother’s occupation	Employed	167	42.2
	Farmer	13	3.3
	Unemployed	216	54.5
Mother’s marital status	Married	326	82.3
Mother’s marital status	Unmarried	70	17.7
Husband level education	Educated	233	64.7
Husband level education	Uneducated	127	35.3
husband’s occupation	Employed	169	46.9
husband’s occupation	Unemployed	191	53.1
Ownership to farming land	Yes	50	12.6
Ownership to farming land	No	346	87.4
Irrigation user	Yes	30	7.6
Irrigation user	No	366	92.4
Average monthly income (Ethiopian birr)	< 1000	40	10.1
	1001–2000	84	21.2
	> 2001	272	68.7
Access to information	Yes	370	93.4
Access to information	No	26	6.6

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