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Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of school age children and adolescents and primary caregivers with seizure disorder attending follow up at PNC in TASH between April and July, 2018

From: The effect of seizure on school attendance among children with epilepsy: a follow-up study at the pediatrics neurology clinic, Tikur Anbessa specialized hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Variables

Frequency

Percentage

Age groups in year

 7–12

133

72.7

 13–18

50

27.3

 Mean/±SD =10.47/2.9

  

Sex

 Male

102

55.7

 Female

81

44.3

Address

 Addis Ababa

118

64.5

 Out of Addis Ababa

65

35.5

Childs level of education

 Nursery

56

30.6

 Primary school

123

67.2

 Secondary school

4

2.2

Repeated grade

 Never repeated

99

54.1

 Repeated

84

45.9

Marital status of primary care giver

 Single

9

4.9

 Married

148

80.9

 Divorced

15

8.2

 Widowed

11

6.0

Educational status of primary care giver n = 181

 Less than high school

73

40.3

 High school

39

21.5

 Collage level and above

69

38.1

Family monthly income (n = 140)

 < 1500 birr (50 US $)

65

46.4

 > 1500 birr

75

53.6