Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of chronic undernutrition among under five children in Adama town, Central Ethiopia, 2013
Variables | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Child sex | ||
Male | 306 | 50.2 |
Female | 304 | 49.8 |
Head of the HH | ||
Male | 479 | 78.5 |
Female | 131 | 21.5 |
Father occupation | ||
Farmer | 17 | 2.8 |
Merchant | 71 | 11.6 |
Private | 228 | 37.4 |
Government | 123 | 20.2 |
Daily laborer | 171 | 28.0 |
Mother occupation | ||
House wife | 332 | 54.4 |
Farmer | 5 | 0.8 |
Merchant | 36 | 5.9 |
Private | 74 | 12.1 |
Government | 42 | 6.9 |
Daily laborer | 121 | 19.8 |
Mother educational status | ||
Illiterate | 84 | 13.8 |
Able read and write | 46 | 7.5 |
Elementary | 250 | 41.0 |
Secondary | 167 | 27.4 |
Higher | 63 | 10.3 |
Decision making on the use of money | ||
Mainly wife | 106 | 17.4 |
Mainly husband | 106 | 17.4 |
Only husband | 218 | 35.7 |
Both jointly | 180 | 29.5 |
Number of Family size | ||
2–5 | 503 | 82.5 |
6–12 | 105 | 17.2 |
> 12 | 2 | 0.3 |
Number of under five children | ||
1 | 350 | 57.4 |
2–3 | 260 | 42.6 |
Birth size | ||
Very large | 46 | 7.5 |
Larger than average | 76 | 12.5 |
Average | 293 | 48.0 |
Smaller than average | 103 | 16.9 |
Very small | 92 | 15.1 |
Monthly income | ||
501–700 ETB | 224 | 36.7 |
701–1000 ETB | 236 | 38.7 |
1001–7000 ETB | 150 | 24.6 |