Variables Frequency Percentage (%) Head of the HHs     Male 371 62.5 Female 222 37.4 Marital status of the HHs     Married 503 84.8 Divorced 7 1.2 Widowed 20 3.4 Separate 38 6.4 Single 25 4.2 Mother’s education     Illiterate 141 23.8 Primary 268 45.2 Secondary school 177 29.8 Tertiary level 7 1.2 Father’s education     Illiterate 67 11.3 Primary 202 34.1 Secondary school 286 48.2 Tertiary level 38 6.4 Monthly family income     Monthly ration only 474 79.9 <400 54 9.1 400-800 50 8.4 >800 15 2.5 Family size     2 71 12 3 141 23.8 4 148 25 ≥5 233 39.3 Decision making     Mainly wife 167 28.2 Mainly husband 119 20.1 Only husband 51 8.6 Both jointly 256 43.2 Ethnicity     Tigrigna 553 93.3 Shaho 37 6.2 Others 3 0.5 Religion     Orthodox 517 87.2 Muslim 37 6.2 Protestant 14 2.4 Catholic 25 4.2 Last residence in Eritrea     Debub 500 84.5 Maekel 38 6.4 Gash barka 29 4.9 Other 26 4.3

Table 1: Socio-demographic characteristics of the households in Mai-Aini Eritrean refugees’ camp, Tigray region, Northern Ethiopia (N=593), February 2014.