Prevalence and determinants of stunting and wasting among public primary school children in Gondar town, northwest, Ethiopia

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of public primary school children aged 6–14 years in Gondar town, northwest Ethiopia, 2017

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percentage
Child age (years)	6–10	169	32.3
Child age (years)	11–14	354	67.7
Gender	Male	269	51.4
Gender	Female	254	48.6
Children grade level	1–4	261	49.9
Children grade level	5–8	262	50.1
Family size	< 6	322	61.6
Family size	≥6	201	38.4
Guardian relationship	Mother	424	81.1
	Father	46	8.8
	Relatives	53	10.1
Marital status of the mothers/guardians	Unmarried	20	3.8
	Married or living together	379	72.5
	Divorced/separated/widowed	124	23.7
Maternal age	≤ 34	259	49.5
	35–44	171	32.7
	≥ 45	93	17.8
Maternal education	No formal education	230	44.0
	Primary	160	30.6
	Secondary and above	133	25.4
Maternal occupation	Housewife	364	69.6
	Government employee	51	9.8
	Private	108	20.7
Paternal education	No formal education	214	40.9
	Primary	144	27.5
	Secondary and above	165	31.5
Paternal occupation	Farmer	73	14.0
	Daily laborer	197	37.7
	Government employee	131	25.0
	Merchant	122	23.3
Wealth status	Low	171	32.7
	Medium	190	36.3
	High	162	33.0
Child illness in the last 2 weeks	Yes	100	19.1
Child illness in the last 2 weeks	No	423	80.8
Intestinal parasites	Yes	132	25.2
Intestinal parasites	No	391	74.8

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