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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of children with cardiac disease (No = 269)

From: Magnitude of undernutrition and associated factors among children with cardiac disease at University of Gondar hospital, Ethiopia

Variable

Frequency

Percent (%)

Sex

 Female

142

52.8

 Male

127

47.2

Residence

 Rural

140

52

 Urban

129

48

Age (in months)

  < 24

62

23

 24–59

72

26.8

 60–143

87

32.3

  > =144

48

17.8

Maternal occupation

 Employed

30

11.2

 Housewife

178

66.2

 Merchant

21

7.8

 Daily laborer& others

40

14.8

Maternal education

 Unable to read& write

143

53.2

 able to read& write

42

15.6

 Primary education

37

13.8

 Secondary education

29

10.7

 Tertiary education &above

18

6.7

Father education

 Uneducated

101

37.5

 Able to read and write

61

22.7

 Primary education

48

17.8

 Secondary education

22

8.2

 Tertiary education &above

37

13.8

Number of family members

  < =3

46

17.1

 4–5

111

41.2

 6–7

65

24.2

 8 and above

47

17.5