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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of households in BahirDar City, Amhara region, Ethiopia, 2016

From: Prevalence of diarrhea and associated factors among under-five children in Bahir Dar city, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016: a cross-sectional study

Variables Name

Category

Frequency(n = 498)

Percent

Household family size

Four and less

304

61.0

More than four

194

39.0

Number of under five children in the house

One child

430

86.3

Two and above

68

13.7

Relation of respondents to the child

Mother

385

77.3

Caretaker

113

22.7

Age of mothers

18–24

130

26.1

25–34

273

54.8

35 and above

95

19.1

Marital status of mothers

Married

386

77.5

Others

112

22.5

Religion

Orthodox

415

83.3

Others

83

16.7

Occupation of mothers

Employed

73

14.7

Housewives

275

55.2

Others

150

30.1

Education status of mothers

No formal education

110

22.1

Primary

205

41.2

Secondary and above

183

36.7

Education of fathers

No formal education

41

8.2

Primary

95

19.1

Secondary and above

362

72.7

Occupation of fathers

Government employee

192

38.6

Merchant

227

45.6

Others

79

15.9