Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of children attending Gorgora and Chuahit Elementary Schools, Northwest Ethiopia from January 20 to February 25, 2012

Age

<5

8

3.1

5–15

224

85.8

>15

29

11.1

Sex

Male

139

53.3

Female

122

46.7

Religion

Christian

251

96.2

Muslim

9

3.4

Others

1

.4

Ethnicity

Amhara

245

93.8

Tigrei

11

4.2

Others

5

2

Educational level of the children

Grade 1–4

152

58.2

Grade 5–8

109

41.8

Address of the participant

Gorgora

147

56.3

Chuahit

114

43.7

Family occupation

Farmer

157

60.2

Merchant

45

17.2

Government employee

59

22.6