Table 1 Demographic information of under-five children in DHDSS sites, Dabat, northwest Ethiopia, October to December 2014
Variables | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Sex of the child | ||
 Male | 4149 | 50.48 |
 Female | 4070 | 49.52 |
Age of the child in months | ||
 0–6 | 752 | 9.15 |
 7–12 | 895 | 10.89 |
 13–24 | 1683 | 20.48 |
 25–59 | 4889 | 59.48 |
Mothers’ or guardians’ education status | ||
 Illiterate | 8143 | 99.08 |
 Primary school (grades 1–8) | 44 | 0.54 |
 Secondary school (grades 9–12) and above | 32 | 0.39 |
Economic status of the household | ||
 Poorest quintile | 1007 | 12.25 |
 Second quintile | 1567 | 19.07 |
 Third quintile | 1893 | 23.03 |
 Fourth quintile | 1870 | 22.75 |
 Richest quintile | 1882 | 22.90 |
Residence of the child | ||
 Semi-urban | 1728 | 21.02 |
 Rural | 6491 | 78.98 |