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Table 1 A Socio-demographic characteristic of the children aged 6 to 59 months and their parents in Ethiopia from January 18 to June 27 in 2016 (N = 7794)

From: Spatial variation and determinants of childhood anemia among children aged 6 to 59 months in Ethiopia: further analysis of Ethiopian demographic and health survey 2016

Variable

Categories

Frequency

Percent

Age of the child in months

6–11

914

11.7

12–23

1765

22.7

24–35

1702

21.8

36–47

1656

21.3

48–59

1757

22.5

Sex of the child

Male

4010

51.4

Female

3784

48.6

Residence

Urban

1327

17.0

Rural

6467

83.0

Religion of mothers

Orthodox

2350

30.2

Protestant

1417

18.2

Muslim

3837

49.2

Others

190

2.4

Maternal educational level

No education

5084

65.2

Primary

1981

25.4

Secondary

486

6.3

Higher

243

3.1

Maternal age in years

15–24

1757

22.5

25–29

2355

30.2

30–34

1778

22.8

35–48

1904

24.5

Wealth index of child’s family

Poorest

2854

36.6

Poorer

1387

17.8

Middle

1156

14.8

Richer

983

12.6

Richest

1414

18.2

Region

Tigray

828

10.6

Afar

744

9.6

Amhara

783

10.0

Oromia

1220

15.7

Somali

1019

13.0

Benishangul

659

8.5

SNNPR

995

12.8

Gambella

509

6.5

Harari

373

4.8

Addis Ababa

305

3.9

Dire Dawa

359

4.6