Goiter and Its Associated Factors among Adolescent High School Girls at Tach Armachiho District, Northwest Ethiopia: An Institution-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic and environmental-related characteristics of adolescent girls in Tach Armachiho district, 2018 (N = 614).
Variable
Category
Frequency
Percentage
Age
10–15
234
38.01
16–19
380
61.90
Religion
Orthodox
588
95.8
Catholic
3
0.5
Muslim
23
3.7
Grade level
Grade 9
290
47.2
Grade 10
143
23.3
Grade 11
101
16.4
Grade 12
80
13.0
Residence
Urban
179
29.2
Rural
435
70.8
Fathers occupation
Government employee
47
7.7
Farmer
510
83.1
Daily labor
12
2.0
Merchant
45
7.3
Mothers occupation
Government employee
10
1.6
Farmer
517
84.2
Daily labor
5
0.8
Merchants
35
5.7
Nongovernment employee
47
7.7
Maternal education
Illiterate
466
75.9
Informal education
95
15.5
Primary school (1–8) grade
34
5.5
Secondary school and above
19
3.1
Family size
<5
367
59.8
>5
247
40.2
Wealth status
Poor
214
34.9
Medium
211
34.4
Rich
189
30.8
Source of drinking water
Tap water
252
41.0
Public tap
153
24.9
Protected well
177
28.8
Unprotected well
32
5.2
Practice water safe to drink
Boiled
78
12.7
Wuhagar/chlorine added
457
74.4
Strained through cloth
7
1.1
Sunlight with bottle
38
6.2
Others
34
5.5
Community gardening
Yes
277
45.1
No
337
54.9
Community gardening (n = 277)
Selling all
39
14.1
Selling some of
132
47.7
All used by the family
92
33.2
Others
14
5.1
Add sand and settle and sediment the dirty pieces.