Anemia in Children with Congenital Heart Disease: A Finding from Low-Resource Setting Hospitals

Table 2

Sociodemographic characteristics of children with congenital heart disease in selected governmental hospitals and cardiac center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2021).

Variables	ACHD		CCHD
	Freq.	Perc. (%)	Freq.	Perc. (%)
Age of a child
0-59 months	169	56.7	46	61.33
60–120 months	95	31.9	22	29.33
>120 months	34	11.4	7	9.33
Sex of a child
Male	144	48.3	39	52
Female	154	51.7	36	48
Residence
Rural	24	8.1	7	9.4
Urban	274	91.9	68	90.6
Family size
0-3	47	15.8	58	77.3
4 and above	251	84.2	17	22.7
Birth order
First	106	35.6	33	44
Second and third	144	48.3	27	36
Fourth and above	48	16.1	15	20
Educational status mother
No formal education	44	14.8	12	16
Primary education	80	26.8	20	26.7
Secondary education	99	33.2	27	36
College and above	75	25.2	16	21.3
Occupational status mother
Housewife	154	51.7	33	44
Non/governmental employee	64	21.5	17	22.7
Merchant	35	11.5	9	13.3
Farmer	18	6	10	12
Daily labor	20	6.7	6	8
Self-employed	7	2.3	—	—
Educational status (father)
Unable to write and read	30	10.1	9	12
Primary education	67	22.5	11	14.7
Secondary education	89	29.9	26	34.7
College and above	102	34.2	24	32
Child not lived his/her father	10	3.4	5	6.7
Occupational status of father
Non/governmental employee	138	46.3	28	37.3
Merchant	51	17.1	9	12
Farmer	20	6.7	11	14.7
Daily labor	30	10.1	6	8
Self employed	42	14	7	9.3
Unemployed	7	2.3	9	12
Child not lived his/her father	10	3.4	5	6.7