Research Article
Magnitude of Stunting and Associated Factors among Adolescent Students in Legehida District, Northeast Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of adolescent students in Legehida district, Northeast Ethiopia, 2018.
| Variable | Category | Number | Percentage |
| Sex | Female | 200 | 49.3 | Male | 206 | 50.7 | Age | 14–16 | 368 | 90.6 | 17–19 | 38 | 9.4 | Religion | Orthodox | 110 | 27.1 | Muslim | 296 | 72.9 | Living condition | With father and mother | 220 | 54.2 | Father only | 32 | 7.9 | Mother only | 38 | 9.4 | With others | 116 | 28.6 | Family residence | Rural | 324 | 79.8 | Urban | 82 | 20.2 | Family socioeconomic status | Low | 131 | 32.2 | Middle | 245 | 60.3 | Father education | Illiterate | 98 | 24.1 | Literate | 308 | 75.9 | Mother education | Illiterate | 146 | 36.0 | Literate | 260 | 64.0 | Grade level | 9th | 262 | 64.5 | 10th | 144 | 35.5 |
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