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Table 1: Socio-demographic characteristics of school adolescent girls and their parents, Gondar City Administration, northwest Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 768)

From: Improved dietary diversity of school adolescent girls in the context of urban Northwest Ethiopia: 2017

Variables

Frequency

Percent

Age

Early

130

16.9

Middle

402

52.3

Late

236

30.7

Level of education

Primary

287

37.4

High school

417

54.3

Preparatory school

64

8.3

Place of residence

Urban

717

93.4

Rural

51

6.6

Occupation of mother

Government employee

124

16.1

Housewife

482

62.8

Daily laborer

39

5.1

Merchant

83

10.8

Others

40

5.2

Media exposure

Exposed

608

79.2

Not exposed

160

20.8

Food security

Secured

485

63.2

In secured

283

36.8

Family wealth status

Rich

239

31.1

Middle

287

37.4

Poor

242

31.5

Maternal education

Unable to read and write

427

55.6

Primary

117

15.2

Secondary

123

16

College and above

101

13.2

Father’s education

Unable to read and write

370

48.2

 

Primary

96

12.5

Secondary

125

16.3

College and above

177

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