Socio-demographic factors
Frequency
N=699
Percentage
(%)
Sex
Male
357
51.1
Female
342
48.9
Age
7-8
67
9.6
9-10
145
20.7
11-12
179
25.6
13-15
308
44.1
Father’s educational status
Illiterate
255
36.5
Primary
218
31.2
Secondary
101
14.4
College
62
8.9
University
63
9
Mother’s educational status
Illiterate
338
48.4
Primary
207
29.6
Secondary
81
11.6
College
46
6.6
University
27
3.9
Mother’s occupational status
Housewife
426
60.9
Governmental employee
98
14
Private employee
103
14.7
Merchant
72
10.3
Father’s occupational status
Farmer
269
38.5
Merchant
113
16. 2
Governmental employee
211
30.2
private employee
106
14.7
Family size
1-3
367
52.5
>3
332
47.5
Table 1:
Socio-demographic characteristics of study samples among school children in Debre Markos town and Gozamenworeda,East Gojjam, zone, Amhara regional state, etthiopia, June 2013.
