Research Article
Availability of Adequately Iodized Dietary Salt and Associated Factors in a Town of Southeast Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Survey
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents in Kore Town, Southeast Ethiopia, 2019.
| | Variables | Availability of adequately iodized salt in the household | Cramer’s V | Chi2 | | Adequate, n (%) | Inadequate, n (%) |
| | Age | | | 0.1 | 0.001 | | 15–24 years | 85 (48.0) | 92 (52.0) | | 25–34 years | 86 (58.9) | 60 (41.1)) | | 35–44 years | 40 (78.4) | 11 (21.6) | | ≥45 years | 12 (60.0) | 8 (40.0) |
| | Marital status | | | 0.03 | 0.8 | | Married | 155 (57.6) | 114 (42.4) | | Single | 63 (54.8) | 52 (45.2) | | Divorced/widowed | 5 (50.0) | 5 (50.0) |
| | Ethnicity | | | 0.1 | 0.03 | | Oromo | 185 (54.4) | 155 (45.6) | | Amhara | 29 (76.3) | 9 (23.7) | | Othersa | 9 (56.2) | 7 (43.8) |
| | Religion | | | 0.2 | <0.001 | | Muslim | 157 (51.0) | 151 (49.0) | | Orthodox | 42 (76.4) | 13 (23.6) | | Protestant | 24 (77.4) | 7 (22.6) |
| | Family size of households | | | 0.07 | 0.4 | | 2–6 persons | 157 (57.5) | 116 (42.5) | | 7–11 persons | 62 (56.4) | 48 (43.6) | | 12–16 persons | 4 (36.4) | 7 (63.4) |
| | Average monthly income of the household head in ETBb | | | 0.2 | 0.006 | | <1001 | 108 (50.5) | 106 (49.5) | | 1001–2000 | 40 (52.6) | 36 (47.4) | | 2001–3000 | 34 (69.4) | 15 (30.6) | | 3001–4000 | 18 (72.0) | 7 (28.0) | | ≥4001 | 23 (76.7) | 7 (23.3) |
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Notes. aWolaita, Hadiya, and Sidama; bEthiopian birr.
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