Socio demographic characteristics of the primary care givers | ||
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Variable | Frequency | Percent |
Primary care giver | ||
Mother alone | 43 | 24.7 |
Father alone | 18 | 10.3 |
Both parents but mother giving home care | 99 | 56.9 |
Relative | 4 | 2.3 |
Orphanage | 10 | 5.7 |
Marriage | ||
Single (Never married) | 11 | 6.3 |
Married currently | 135 | 77.6 |
Single (Divorced) | 12 | 6.9 |
Single (Widowed) | 6 | 3.4 |
Unknown | 10 | 5.7 |
Mother education | ||
Illiterate | 20 | 14.1 |
Read and write | 4 | 2.8 |
Primary | 47 | 33.1 |
Secondary | 39 | 27.5 |
College | 32 | 22.5 |
Father education | ||
Illiterate | 5 | 4.3 |
Read and write | 2 | 1.7 |
Primary | 26 | 22.2 |
Secondary | 41 | 35 |
College | 43 | 36.8 |
Mothers occupation | ||
Governmental | 25 | 17.6 |
House wife | 100 | 70.4 |
Merchant | 3 | 2.1 |
Private | 2 | 1.4 |
Daily laborer | 12 | 8.5 |
Fathers occupation | ||
Governmental | 49 | 41.9 |
Merchant | 9 | 7.7 |
Private | 27 | 23.1 |
Daily laborer | 20 | 17.1 |
Farmer | 6 | 5.1 |
Jobless | 6 | 5.1 |
Income | ||
< 1250 birr(< poverty line) | 22 | 12.6 |
Average income = 3740 birr | ||
>/= 1250 birr | 124 | 71.3 |
Unknown | 28 | 16.1 |