Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of child -parent pair of pediatric patients at Debre Birhan City public hospitals, Ethiopia, 2025 (N = 584)

Variable	Categories	Status				Total (%)
		Event		Censored
		Frequency	%	Frequency	%	Frequency	%
Child age	Neonate (0–28 days)	105	18.0	192	32.9	297	50.9
	Post-neonatal to 5 yrs	82	14.0	116	19.9	198	33.9
	Above five years	22	3.8	67	11.5	89	15.2
Sex of child	Male	74	12.7	209	35.8	283	48.5
	Female	135	21.3	166	28.4	301	51.5
Residence	Urban	108	18.5	201	34.4	309	52.9
	Rural	101	17.3	174	29.8	275	47.1
Parent relation	Mother	197	33.7	327	56.0	524	89.7
	Father	9	1.5	47	8.0	56	9.6
	Grand parent	3	0.5	1	0.2	4	0.7
Parent age in years	Less than 20	11	1.9	0	0.0	11	1.9
	20–24	21	3.6	28	4.8	49	8.4
	25–29	42	7.2	89	15.2	131	22.4
	30–35	104	17.8	200	34.2	304	52.1
	Above 35	31	5.3	58	9.9	89	15.2
Educational status of parent	Unable to read & writ	109	18.7	118	20.2	227	38.9
	Able to read &write	23	3.9	47	8.0	70	12.0
	Primary	14	2.4	54	9.2	68	11.6
	Secondary	46	7.9	47	8.0	93	15.9
	Collage & above	17	2.9	109	18.7	126	21.6
Occupation of parent	Housewife	140	24.0	190	32.5	330	56.5
	Gov’t employee	38	6.5	116	19.9	154	26.4
	Merchant	25	4.3	42	7.2	67	11.5
	Farmer	3	0.5	10	1.7	13	2.2
	Others *	3	0.5	17	2.9	20	3.4

other* =Daily laborer, IDPs and students