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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents in womberma woreda, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016

From: Factors associated with underweight among lactating women in Womberma woreda, Northwest Ethiopia; a cross-sectional study

Variables

Frequency

Percentage

Age (in years)

15-24

107

16

25-34

382

57.2

>34

179

26.8

Educational status of the respondent

Cannot read and write

489

73.2

Can read and write

66

9.9

Primary (grade 1 to 8)

95

14.2

Secondary(grade 9 to 10)

18

2.7

Marital status

Married

618

92.5

Widowed

10

1.5

Divorced

30

4.5

Separated

10

1.5

Educational status of husband

Cannot read and write

277

41.5

Can read and write

175

26.2

Primary (grade 1 to 8)

129

19.3

Secondary(grade 9 to 10)

35

5.2

College level and above

2

0.3

Ethnicity

Amhara

646

96.7

Agew

16

2.4

Oromo

6

0.9

Average monthly income (in Ethiopian birr)

<500

356

53.3

500-999

148

22.2

1000-1999

39

5.8

>2000

125

18.7

Family size

≤5

392

58.7

>5

276

41.3