Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of patients, categorical and continuous data
From: Diet and nutritional status among hospitalised children in Hawassa, Southern Ethiopia
Variable | Category | SAM n = 70 n (%) | Not SAM n = 118 n (%) | Total n = 188 n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Female | 33 (48.5) | 83 (72.8) | 116 (63.7) |
Male | 35 (51.5) | 31(27.2) | 66 (36.3) | |
Hospital | Adare | 7 (10.0) | 66 (55.9) | 73 (38.8) |
Referral | 63 (90.0) | 52 (44.1) | 115 (61.2) | |
Relationship to child | Mother | 61 (87.1) | 110 (93.2) | 171 (91.0) |
Other | 9 (12.9) | 8 (6.8) | 17 (9.0) | |
Language (primary) | Amharic | 5 (7.1) | 22 (18.6) | 27 (14.4) |
Oromic | 35 (50.0) | 20 (17.0) | 55 (29.3) | |
Sidamic | 10 (14.3) | 34 (28.8) | 44 (23.4) | |
Other | 6 (8.6) | 19 (16.1) | 25 (13.3) | |
Region | SNNPR/Sidama | 22 (31.4) | 66 (55.9) | 88 (46.8) |
Oromia | 32 (45.7) | 27 (22.8) | 59 (31.4) | |
Other | 1 (1.4) | 1 (0.9) | 2 (1.1) | |
Religion | Orthodox | 6 (8.6) | 24 (30.3) | 30 (16.0) |
Protestant | 22 (31.4) | 64 (54.2) | 86 (45.7) | |
Muslim | 37 (52.9) | 26 (22.0) | 63 (33.5) | |
Other | 5 (7.1) | 4 (3.4) | 9 (4.8) | |
Marital status | Single | 4 (5.9) | 28 (23.9) | 32 (17.3) |
Married | 57 (83.8) | 88 (75.2) | 145 (78.4) | |
Other | 7 (10.3) | 1 (0.8) | 8 (4.3) | |
Mothers education | No school | 29 (42.6) | 37 (31.6) | 66 (35.7) |
Primary | 29 (42.6) | 44 (37.6) | 73 (39.5) | |
Secondary | 10 (14.7) | 36 (30.8) | 46 (24.9) | |
Mothers occupation | Unemployed | 52 (74.4) | 87 (73.7) | 139 (74.3) |
Employed | 17 (24.6) | 31 (26.3) | 48 (25.7) | |
Fathers education | No school | 14 (24.1) | 28 (24.4) | 42 (24.3) |
Primary | 32 (55.2) | 29 (25.2) | 61 (35.3) | |
Secondary | 12 (20.7) | 58 (50.4) | 70 (40.5) | |
Fathers occupation | Unemployed | 42 (68.9) | 56 (48.7) | 98 (55.7) |
Employed | 19 (31.1) | 59 (51.3) | 78 (44.3) | |
SE-index | “Lower index” | 35 (50.0) | 27 (23.7) | 62 (33.7) |
“Middle index” | 25 (35.7) | 36 (31.6) | 61 (33.2) | |
“Higher index” | 10 (14.3) | 51 (44.7) | 61 (33.2) | |
Continuous data | n (mean) 95% CI (SD) | |||
Age of child in months | 63 (18.2) 14.9 – 21.5 (12.9) | 108 (17.8) 15.5 – 20-.2 (12.3) | 171 (18.0) 16.1 – 19.8 (12.5) | |
Age of caregiver in years | 69 (27.4) 25.5 – 29.3 (8.0) | 113 (27.6) 26.5 – 28.7 (5.9) | 182 (27,5) 26.6 – 28.5 (6.7) | |