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Table 1 Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of the school feeding program beneficiary and non-beneficiary children, Boricha district, Southern Ethiopia, Feb 3016

From: School feeding program has resulted in improved dietary diversity, nutritional status and class attendance of school children

Variables

School feeding program

p-value×

Non-beneficiaries (n = 145)

Beneficiaries (n = 145)

Mean age (±SD) of the mothers

34.6 ± 5.8

35.0 ± 6.7

0.873

Mother’s educational status (%)

 No formal education

62.1

82.8

< 0.001*

 Formal education

37.9

17.2

Mother’s occupation (%)

 House wife

61.4

80.7

< 0.001*

 Others

38.6

19.3

Father’s educational status (%)

 No formal education

51.7

51.0

0.107

 Formal education

48.3

41.0

Father’s occupation (%)

 Farmer

69.0

88.3

< 0.001*

 Others

31,0

11.7

Mean(±SD) family size

7.3 ± 2.1

7.0 ± 1.5

0.069

Household wealth index (%)

 Lowest

36.6

31.7

0.041*

 Middle

30.3

34.5

 Highest

33.1

33.8

Mean(±SD) land size (hectare)

1.15 ± 1.79

0.66 ± 0.67

0.003*

Sex of the child (%)

 Male

60.0

61.4

0.999

 Female

40.0

38.6

Mean(±SD) age of the child (years)

11.8 ± 1.1

12.3 ± 1.3

0.021*

  1. × Chi-square or independent t-test
  2. * Statistically significant difference at P value of 0.05