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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of school children and their parents at Jawi Primary School, Jawi, Ethiopia, 2016/17

From: Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections and associated risk factors among Jawi primary school children, Jawi town, north-west Ethiopia

Socio-demographic variables

Categories

Frequency(n)

Percentage

Residence

Urban

237

67.24

 

Rural

133

32.75

Age (year)

6–11

191

47

 

12–18

159

39.2

 

19–21

56

13.8

Sex

Male

216

53.2

 

Female

190

46.8

Mothers’ educational status

Literate

167

41.1

 

illiterate

239

58.9

Mothers occupation

Employee

43

10.6

 

Merchant

82

20.2

 

others

69

17

 

House wife

212

52.2

Fathers educational status

Literate

275

67.7

 

Illiterate

131

32.3

Fathers occupation

Employee

76

18.7

 

Merchant

103

25.7

 

Others

54

13.3

 

Farmer

173

42.6

Family size

2

13

3.2

 

3

56

13.8

 

4

174

42.85

 

5 and above

163

40.14

Grade level

1–4

237

58.37

 

5–8

169

41.62