Undernutrition and Associated Factors among Adolescent Girls in Damot Sore District, Southern Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic and economic characteristics among adolescent girls in Damot Sore Woreda, Southern Ethiopia, 2017.

Variables	Categories	Percentage
Girls’ age (n = 719)	10–14 years	60.5
	15–19 years	39.5
Religion (n = 719)	Protestant	52.0
	Orthodox	24.7
	Apostolic	16.3
	Catholic	7.0
Ethnicity (n = 719)	Wolaita	96.5
	Others^a	3.5
Family size (n = 719)	≤5	39.2
	>5	60.8
Father’s occupation (n = 719)	Farmer	49.4
	Merchant	36.6
	Daily labourer	5.8
	Government employee	5.6
	Others^b	2.6
Mother’s occupation (n = 719)	House wife	44.0
	Merchant	39.8
	Farmer	9.2
	Government employee	4.5
	Others^c	2.5
Father’s education (n = 719)	No formal education	26.6
	Primary education	39.2
	Secondary education	26.0
	More than secondary education	8.2
Mother’s education (n = 719)	No formal education	40.3
	Primary education	43.3
	Secondary education	11.5
	More than secondary education	4.9
Wealth index (n = 719)	Rich	36.2
	Medium	30.0
	Poor	33.8
Source/origin of food (n = 719)	Own product and market purchase	62.4
	Own product	28.5
	Market purchase	9.1
Frequency of meals per day (n = 719)	Two times	13.1
	Three times	62.6
	Four times	24.3
Regular meals skipped (n = 719)	No	97.5
	Yes	2.5
Episode of household hunger (n = 719)	No/little	98.5
	One time	1.5
Type of latrine (n = 719)	Pit latrine with slab	67.7
	Pit latrine without slab/open pit	32.3
Source of drinking water (n = 719)	Tap water	87.9
	Spring water	10.0
	Others^d	2.1
Hand washing prior to meal (n = 719)	≤2 times	13.8
	3 times	76.7
	≥4 times	9.5
Soap using when washing hands (n = 719)	≤2 times	2.0
	3 times	68.8
	≥4 times	29.2

^aDawuro, Gamo, and Gofa. ^bPastor, student, and self-employee. ^cPrivate employee and student. ^dProtected well, nonprotected well, and river water.