Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of children and their parents in the slum areas of Bahir Dar city; Ethiopia, May 2015

Variables	Frequency (n=471)	Percentage
Sex of the child
Male	248	52.7
Female	223	47.3
Religion
Orthodox	398	84.5
Protestant	21	4.5
Muslim	52	11
Ethnicity
Amhara	427	90.7
Othersa	44	9.3
Educational status of the mother
Have no formal education	154	32.7
Primary education	129	27.4
Secondary education	130	27.6
College and above	58	12.3
Occupational status of the mother
Housewife	225+	47.8
Daily laborer	147	31.2
Government employee	58	12.3
Petty trader	26	5.5
Private employee	15	3.2
Marital status of the mother
Married	404	85.8
Never married	48	10.2
Widowed	12	2.5
Divorced	7	1.5
Child’s mother works outside the house
Yes	246	52.2
No	225	47.8
Hours the mother spent outside home to work (hours)	72	15.3
<8	104	22.1
8	70	14.9
>8	225	47.8
Not applicable
The child currently lives with
Both parents	400	84.9
His mother only	71	15.1
Number of children <3 years old in the household
One	416	88.3
Two	55	11.7
Decision maker on use of money
Both parents	276	58.6
The father	112	23.8
The mother	83	17.6
Educational status of the father
Has no formal education	101	21.4
Primary education	110	23.4
Secondary education	184	39.1
College and above	76	16.1
Occupational status of the father
Daily laborer	218	46.3
Government employee	101	21.4
Merchant	64	13.6
Driver	45	9.6
Private employee	43	9.1
Family size
≤4	305	64.8
>4	166	35.2

Note:

^aAgew, Tigry, and Oromo.