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Table 1 Demographic and socio-economic characteristics of respondents in Wayu Tuqa district Ethiopia, 2016 (n = 448)

From: Anemia and its determinant of in-school adolescent girls from rural Ethiopia: a school based cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Levels

Frequency (n)

Percent

Residence

Urban

112

25

Rural

336

75

Agro ecology

Highland

72

16

Midland

241

53.8

Lowland

135

30

Age

10–14

199

44.4

15–19

249

55.6

Marital status

Single

431

96.2

Ever married

17

3.8

Grade

Primary

294

65.6

Secondary

83

18.5

Preparatory

71

15.9

Family size

1–5

117

26.1

> 5

331

73.9

Fathers education

None

243

54.2

Primary

100

22.3

Secondary

105

23.4

Mothers education

None

207

46.2

Primary

131

29.2

Secondary

110

24.6

Wealth quintile

Poorest

88

19.7

Poor

91

20.4

Middle

90

20.1

Rich

89

19.9

Richest

89

19.9

Total

 

448

100