Table 3 Nutritional and health-related factors for the study participants in womberma woreda, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016
Variables | Frequency | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
Sickness in the last month. | Yes | 128 | 19.2 |
No | 540 | 80.8 | |
Admission due to nutrition-related problem in the last one month | Yes | 9 | 1.3 |
No | 659 | 98.7 | |
Distance of respondent’s household from the nearby health facility | ≤5km | 487 | 72.9 |
>5km | 181 | 27.1 | |
Nutritional status (BMI) | Normal nutritional status (18.5-24.99 kg/m2) | 487 | 72.9 |
Underweight (less than 18.5 kg/m2) | 170 | 25.4 | |
Overweight (> 25 kg/m2) | 11 | 1.6 | |