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Table 10 Socio demographic characteristics of the children with CP aged 2–18 years in Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital July – September 2018

From: Cerebral palsy in children: subtypes, motor function and associated impairments in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Socio demographic characteristics of the primary care givers

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