Table 2 Nutritional and health related characteristics of school adolescent girls, Gondar City Administration, northwest Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 795)
From: One in three adolescent schoolgirls in urban northwest Ethiopia is stunted
Variables | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Meal frequency per day | ||
< 3 | 87 | 10.9 |
> =3 | 708 | 89.1 |
Household food security | ||
Secured | 499 | 62.8 |
In secured | 296 | 37.2 |
Dietary diversity score | ||
Adequate | 600 | 75.5 |
Inadequate | 195 | 24.5 |
Two weeks history of illness | ||
Yes | 160 | 20.1 |
No | 635 | 79.9 |
Member of association | ||
Yes | 148 | 18.6 |
No | 647 | 81.4 |
Media exposure | ||
Satisfactory | 631 | 79.4 |
Unsatisfactory | 164 | 20.6 |
Menstruation status | ||
Yes | 599 | 71.3 |
No | 196 | 24.7 |
Age of first menarche | ||
10–13 | 163 | 20.5 |
14–16 | 358 | 45 |
17–19 | 78 | 5.8 |
Past history of pregnancy | ||
Yes | 35 | 4.4 |
No | 760 | 95.6 |