Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants, Amhara National, Regional State Referral Hospitals Ethiopia, 2016 (n = 830)
Variables | Frequency (%) | |
|---|---|---|
Age of parents/guardians in years | 50–64 | 58(7.0) |
35—49 | 168 (20.2) | |
< 30 | 273 (32.9) | |
25–34 | 331 (39.9) | |
Sex of children | Female | 322 (38.8) |
Male | 508 (61.2) | |
Age of children | < 5 | 132 (15.9) |
5–10 | 281 (33.9) | |
11–17 | 417 (50.2) | |
Children live with | Guardian | 149 (18) |
Father or mother | 318 (38.3) | |
Both parents | 363 (43.7) | |
Occupation of the mother | Day laborer | 30 (3.6) |
Employee | 126 (15.2) | |
Petty trader | 163 (19.6) | |
Housewife | 511 (61.6) | |
Occupation of the father | Farmer | 385 (46.4) |
Employ | 235 (28.3) | |
Petty trader | 88 (10.6) | |
Day laborer | 122 (14.7) | |
Marital status of the mother | Divorced | 23 (2.8) |
Separated | 26 (3.1) | |
Single | 56 (6.7) | |
Widow | 71 (8.6) | |
Married | 654 (78.8) | |
Marital status of the father | Divorced | 25 (3.0) |
Separated | 39 (4.7) | |
Widow | 47 (5.7) | |
Single | 58(7.0) | |
Married | 661 (79.6) | |
Educational status of the parents or guardians | College education | 95 (11.4) |
Second education | 153 (18.4) | |
Primary education | 179 (21.6) | |
No education | 403 (48.6) | |
Child educational statues | College | 6 (0.7) |
Nursery | 51 (6.1) | |
Secondary | 125 (15.1) | |
No education | 216 (26.0) | |
Primary | 432 (52.0) | |
Income description of the parents/guardians | Wealthy | 53 (6.4) |
Low | 271 (32.7) | |
Middle | 506 (61.0) | |