Gross motor developmental delay and associated factors among under-five children attending public health facilities of Dessie city, Ethiopia

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the children and parents who attended in health facilities of Dessie city, Ethiopia

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percentage
Sex of the child	Male	258	61.99
Sex of the child	Female	159	38.01
Place of residence	Rural	119	28.54
Place of residence	Urban	298	71.46
Marital status	Married	386	92.57
	Divorced	24	5.75
	Widowed	7	1.68
Educational status of father	Can’t read and write	44	10.55
	Can read and write only	24	5.76
	Grade 1–8	106	25.42
	Grade 9–12	97	23.26
	College and above	146	35.01
Educational status of mother	Can’t read and write	89	21.34
	Can read and write only	11	2.64
	Grade 1–8	95	22.78
	Grade 9–12	87	20.86
	College and above	135	32.37
Ethnicity	Amhara	396	94.96
	Oromo	13	3.12
	Others**	8	1.92
Occupation	Government employee	92	22.06
	Merchant	50	11.99
	Private employee	8	1.92
	House wife	262	62.83
	Others***	5	1.20

Note: *- Protestant and Catholic, **- Tigrie and Afar and ***- student and job less

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