Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants in Gazegibela District, Wagehemera Zone, Northeast Ethiopia, April, 2015

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Percentages
Sex of HH head	Male	516	85.9
Sex of HH head	Female	85	14.1
Marital status of HH head	Married	515	85.7
	Divorced	80	13.3
	Widowed	6	1.0
Religion of HH head	Orthodox Christian	596	99.2
Religion of HH head	Muslim	5	0.8
Ethnicity of HH head	Amhara	518	86.2
	Agew	82	13.6
	Tigrie	1	0.2
Occupation of HH head	Farmer	544	90.5
Occupation of HH head	Marchent	57	9.5
Educational status of HH head	Unable to read and write	398	66.2
	Able to read and	168	28
	Grade 1 to 8	7	1.2
	Grade 9 to 12 and above	28	4.7
Family monthly income	<350 ETB	188	31.3
	351–450 ETB	155	25.8
	451–650 ETB	110	18.3
	>650 ETB	148	24.6
Family size	≥5	407	67.7
Family size	> 5	194	32.3
Number of children <10 year in HH	1	251	41.8
Number of children <10 year in HH	≥2	350	58.2
Number of rooms in living house	1	230	38.3
Number of rooms in living house	≥2	371	61.7
Age of children	1–4 years	332	55.2
Age of children	5–9 years	269	44.8
Sex of child	Male	268	44.6
Sex of child	Female	333	55.4

HH household