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Table 2 Socioeconomic information of households (n = 704) in Hadaleala District, Afar Region, northeast Ethiopia, May, 2015

From: Socioeconomic factors associated with diarrheal diseases among under-five children of the nomadic population in northeast Ethiopia

Variables

Frequency

Percent

Number of under-five children in the house

 One

425

60.4

 Two

253

35.9

 Three

26

3.7

Age of children in months

 <6.0

113

16.1

 6.0–11.0

72

10.2

 12.0–23.0

152

21.6

 24.0–35.0

138

19.6

 >35.0

229

32.5

Sex of children

 Male

378

53.7

 Female

326

46.3

Age of mothers

 15.0–24.0

178

25.3

 25.0–34.0

362

51.4

 ≥35.0

164

23.3

Marital status of mothers

 Currently engaged

687

97.6

 Currently not engaged

17

2.4

Ethnicity of mothers

 Afar

633

89.9

 Oromo

56

8.0

 Amhara

15

2.1

Educational status of mothers

 No formal education

624

88.6

 Formal education

80

11.4

Occupational status of mothers

 Housewife

668

94.9

 Employed

36

5.1

Household livestock ownership

 Yes

687

97.6

 No

17

2.4

Economic status of households

 Poor

456

64.8

 Medium

248

35.2