Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of caregivers of children less than 10 years of age for the 'at-risk' villages (n = 1003) and 'control' villages (953) in Gilgel-Gibe dam area, southwestern Ethiopia, 2007
| Variable | Attribute | 'At-risk' Count (%) |
'Control' Count (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Relationship with the child | Mother/father | 977 (97.4) | 919 (96.4) |
| Other relatives | 26 (2.6) | 30 (3.2) | |
| Non relatives | 0 | 4 (0.4) | |
| Sex | Female | 882 (87.9) | 771 (80.9) |
| Male | 121 (12.1) | 182 (19.1) | |
| Age group (years) | <30 | 128 (12.8) | 166 (17.4) |
| ≥30 | 875 (87.2) | 787 (82.6) | |
| Marital status | |||
| Single | 12 (1.2) | 19 (2.0) | |
| Married | 969 (96.6) | 903 (94.8) | |
| Divorced | 3 (0.3) | 3 (0.3) | |
| Widowed | 19 (1.9) | 28 (2.9) | |
| Educational level | Illiterate | 811 (80.9) | 812 (85.2) |
| Read and write only | 120 (12.0) | 104 (10.9) | |
| Elementary | 68 (6.8) | 30 (3.1) | |
| Secondary education | 2 (0.2) | 5 (0.5) | |
| Above secondary education | 2 (0.2) | 2 (0.2) | |
| Occupation | Farmer | 965 (96.2) | 948 (99.5) |
| House wife | 12 (1.2) | 1 (0.1) | |
| Others | 26 (2.6) | 4 (0.4) | |
| Type of house (roof) | Thatched | 887 (88.4) | 830 (87.1) |
| Corrugated iron sheet | 116 (11.6) | 123 (12.9) |