Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of school children aged 6 to 14 years and their parents/guardians, Dessie, Amhara region, Ethiopia, 2019
From: Prevalence of urinary iodine concentration among school children: in Dessie City, Ethiopia
Characteristics | Category | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex of children | Male | 276 | 43.5 |
Female | 358 | 56.5 | |
Age of children | 6–8 | 76 | 12.0 |
9–11 | 221 | 34.9 | |
12–14 | 337 | 53.2 | |
Marital status of mothers/guardians | Married | 502 | 79.2 |
Single | 35 | 5.5 | |
Divorced | 73 | 11.5 | |
Widowed | 24 | 3.8 | |
Educational status of mother/ guardians | Unable to read &write | 151 | 23.8 |
Read-write | 174 | 27.4 | |
Primary education | 222 | 35.0 | |
Secondary and above | 87 | 13.7 | |
Family size | < 5 | 514 | 81.1 |
≥ 5 | 120 | 18.9 | |
Family history of goiter | Yes | 44 | 6.9 |
No | 590 | 93.1 |