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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of caregivers and children in Gondar city administration, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 301)

From: Incomplete childhood vaccination and associated factors among children aged 12–23 months in Gondar city administration, Northwest, Ethiopia 2018

Variable

Frequency

Percent

Child sex

 Male

159

52.8

 Female

142

47.2

Mother marital status

 Married

283

94.0

 Divorced

14

4.7

 Single/widowed

4

1.3

Care taker

 Mother

109

36.2

 Father

1

0.3

 Both

191

63.5

Mothers/care taker educational status

 Unable to read and write

46

15.5

 Able to read and write

36

12.0

 1–8 grade

67

22.3

 9–12 grade

78

25.9

 College, university

74

24.6

Mothers/care taker occupation

 Housewife

181

60.1

 Government employ

53

17.6

 Merchant

42

14.0

 Daily laborer

15

5.0

 Farmer

10

3.3

Religion

 Orthodox

258

85.7

 Muslim

35

11.6

 Protestant/catholic

8

2.6

Ethnicity

 Amhara

287

95.3

 Kimant

9

3.0

 Tigre/oromo

5

1.7

Number of family size

 ≤ 4

215

71.4

 ≥ 5

86

28.6

Alive children

 ≤ 4

143

47.5

 ≥ 4

158

52.4