Table 2. Parental and household characteristics of school-aged children in rural and urban areas of Libo Kemkem and Fogera districts, Ethiopia, May–June 2009.

CHARACTERISTICS	RURAL (n = 711)		URBAN (n = 178)		p value
	No.	(%)	No.	(%)
Sex head of household (HH)
Female	52	7.31	75	42.13	<0.001
Age HH
≥40 years	351	49.72	65	36.93	0.008
HH literacy (read and write)
Yes	282	39.83	97	54.49	<0.001
Person in charge of food preparation (PCFP)
Wife or HH(she)	690	97.05	144	80.9	<0.001
Other	21	2.95	34	19.1
Years of HH education	Mean	s.d.	Mean	s.d.	p value
	2.70	12.6	4.27	4.92	0.106
Years of education of the PCFP
	0.22	1	3.30	4.53	<0.001
Number of people living in the house
	6.41	1.71	5.24	1.58	<0.001
Number children in the house
	2.85	1.13	2.17	0.89	<0.001
Does the household own land?	No.	(%)	No.	(%)	p value
Yes	694	97.61	18	10.11	<0.001
Have domestic animals or chickens?
Yes	685	96.34	65	36.52	<0.001
Does the household….
cultivate teff?
Yes	481	67.65	4	2.25	<0.001
cultivate rice?
Yes	231	32.49	2	1.12	<0.001
cultivate millet?
Yes	70	9.85	5	2.81	<0.001
cultivate beans?
Yes	22	3.09	1	0.56	0.038
consume products from their own cattle?
Do not consume own cattle products	224	31.68	0
Consume own cattle products	419	59.26	11	6.29	<0.001
Do not have cattle	64	9.05	164	93.71
consume products from their own goats?
Do not consume own goat products	35	4.96	0
Consume own goat products	34	4.82	7	3.93	0.008
Do not have goats	637	90.23	171	96.07
consume products from their own sheep?
Do not consume own sheep products	62	8.81	2	1.12
Consume own sheep products	90	12.78	6	3.37	<0.001
Do not have sheep	552	78.41	170	95.51
consume products from their own chickens?
Do not consume own chicken products	80	11.28	2	1.12
Consume own chicken products	343	48.38	47	26.40	<0.001
Do not have chickens	286	40.34	129	72.47