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Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of study participants by place of residence in Haramaya woreda, Ethiopia, 2013

From: Prevalence and risk factors for under nutrition among children under five at Haramaya district, Eastern Ethiopia

Socio demographic variables

Place of residence

 

Urban

%

Rural

%

Total

%

Head of

Male

207

87.3

425

76.7

632

79.9

House hold hold

Female

30

12.7

12.9

23.3

159

20.1

Ethnicity

Oromo

168

70.9

549

99.1

717

90.6

 

Amhara

53

22.4

4

0.7

57

7.2

 

Other

16

6.7

1

0.2

17

2.2

Religion

Muslim

144

60.8

551

99.5

695

87.9

 

Orthodox

77

32.5

3

0.5

80

10.1

 

Protestant

16

6.8

0

0

16

2

Family size

2-5

154

65

246

44.4

400

50.6

 

6-12

79

33.3

305

55.1

384

48.5

 

>12

4

1.7

3

0.5

7

0.9

Education

Illiterate

63

26.6

387

69.9

450

56.9

status the

Read & write

4

1.7

26

4.7

30

3.8

Mother

1-8

75

31.6

141

25.5

216

27.3

 

9-12

42

17.7

0

0

42

5.3

 

>12

53

22.4

0

0

53

6.7

Education

Illiterate

22

9.3

369

66.6

391

49.4

al status of

read& write

0

0

32

5.8

32

4

the father

1-8

52

21.9

145

26.2

197

24.9

 

9-12

78

32.9

4

0.7

82

10.4

 

>12

85

35.9

4

0.7

89

11.3

Occupatio

House wife

122

51.5

451

81.4

573

72.4

n of the

Farmer

5

2.1

68

12.3

73

9.2

Mother

Merchant

56

23.6

30

5.4

86

10.9

 

Employed

54

22.8

5

0.9

59

7.5

Occupatio

Farmer

44

18.6

519

93.7

563

71.2

n of the

Government

79

33.3

7

1.3

86

10.9

father

Employee

      
 

Merchant

47

19.8

17

3.1

64

8.1

 

Other employee

67

28.3

11

2

78

9.9