High Prevalence of Undernutrition among Children in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics of parents, Gondar Town, northwest Ethiopia .

Variables	Frequency	Percentage
Age of mothers (in years)
<25	165	23.3
25–30	364	51.5
31–35	102	14.4
>35	76	10.7
Mothers’ marital status
Currently married	619	87.6
Currently	88	12.4
Mothers’ religion
Orthodox	501	70.9
Muslim	201	28.4
Others	5	0.7
Mothers’ educational status
Unable to read and write	220	31.1
Primary	210	29.7
Secondary and above	277	39.2
Husbands’ education
Unable to read and write	85	12
Primary	315	44.5
Secondary and above	307	43.4
Mothers’ occupation
Housewife	500	70.7
Government employee	38	5.3
Merchant	52	7.4
Daily laborer	117	16.5
Husbands’ occupation
Government employee	233	32.9
Merchant	207	29.3
Daily laborer	184	26.0
Own private work	83	11.7
Family size
≥7	68	9.6
4–6	389	55.0
≤3	250	35.4
Number of under-five children
Two and above	142	20.1
One	565	79.9
Monthly income
<2175	446	63.1
≥2175 ETB	261	36.9

Single, widowed, or divorced; Ethiopian Birr (1$ = 26.7 ETB).