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Table 1 Distributions of socio-demographic characteristics of children and caretakers at the selected public health institutions in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2015

From: Resistance pattern and maternal knowledge, attitude and practices of suspected Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli among children under 5 years of age in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: cross sectional study

Study Subjects

Variable

Category

Frequency, n = 253

Percent

 

Sex

Male

115

45.5

  

Female

138

54.5

Children

 

< 1 yrs

32

12.6

Age

1-2 yrs

72

28.5

 

2-3 yrs

64

25.3

 

> 3 yrs

84

33.6

Sex

Male

33

13.0

 

Female

220

87.0

Age

≤25 yrs

78

30.0

 

26-40 yrs

167

66.0

 

≥41 yrs

8

3.2

Caretakers

Marital Status

Single

15

6.0

 

Married

218

86.2

 

Divorced

12

4.7

 

Other

8

3.1

Educational Status

Illiterate

42

16.6

 

Primary

164

64.9

 

Secondary

33

13.0

 

Higher education

14

5.5

Occupation

Government

25

9.9

 

Merchant

63

24.9

 

Housewife

135

53.4

 

Others

30

11.8

Monthly Income

< 500 ETB

119

47.0

 

501–1000 ETB

41

16.2

 

1001–1500 ETB

12

4.8

 

> 1500 ETB

5

2.0

 

Others

76

30.0

  1. ETB Ethiopian Birr