Table 1.

Descriptions of the respondent's socio-demographic condition of adolescent girl in Babile district of eastern Ethiopia, 2013

Variables/ Characteristics N=547	Responses	N	%	Anaemic	Non anaemic	X2	P –values
Age	10-14	187	34.2	43	144	0.6	0.001⁺
Age	15-19	360	65.8	132	228		0.001⁺
Household hunger scale	Little/no hunger	394	72.0	120	289	5.2	0.02⁺
Household hunger scale	Moderate/severe hunger	153	28.0	55	83	5.2	0.02⁺
Stunted	Yes	82	15.0	27	55	0.39	0.84
Stunted	No	465	85.0	148	317	0.39	0.84
Skipped meal	Yes	260	47.5	92	168	2.6	0.1
Skipped meal	no	287	52.5	83	204	2.6	0.1
Place of residence	Urban	277	50.6	74	203	7.2	0.007⁺
Place of residence	Rural	270	49.4	101	169	7.2	0.007⁺
Their family status	Both parent alive	450	82.3	151	299	2.8	0.91
Their family status	Loss of their family	97	17.7	24	73	2.8	0.91
occupation of respondents father	Farmer	185	33.8	65	120	1.2	0.26
occupation of respondents father	Others	362	66.2	110	252	1.2	0.26
occupation of respondents mothers	Farmer	147	26.9	60	87	7.2	0.007⁺
occupation of respondents mothers	Others	400	73.1	115	285	7.2	0.007⁺
Family monthly expense greatly depend on	Father	119	23.8	37	82	0.05 0.14 1.00	0.83 0.7 1.00
	Mother	93	18.6	28	65
	Both of them	289	57.7	93	196
Source of drinking water	Pip water	126	23.0	40	86	0.01	0.95
Source of drinking water	Others	421	77.0	135	286	0.01	0.95
BMI for age z score	Thin	118	21.6	38	80	0.02	0.88
	Normal	397	72.6	125	272	1.00	1.00
	Overweighed/obese	32	5.9	12	20	0.49	0.48