Table 2.
Distribution of household environmental characteristics of respondents, North Gondar Zone, 2016 (n=736).
| Variables | Number | % |
| Age | ||
| <15 | 3 | 0.4 |
| 15–24 | 149 | 20.2 |
| 25–34 | 362 | 49.2 |
| >35 | 222 | 30.2 |
| Religion of parents | ||
| Orthodox | 690 | 93.8 |
| Protestant | 6 | 0.8 |
| Muslim | 40 | 5.4 |
| Educational level | ||
| Illiterate | 431 | 58.6 |
| Read and write | 62 | 8.4 |
| 1–8 | 135 | 18.3 |
| 9–12 | 108 | 14.7 |
| Occupation of the mother | ||
| Government employee | ||
| Housewife | 24 | 3.3 |
| Merchant | 632 | 85.9 |
| Farmer | 35 | 4.8 |
| 45 | 6.1 | |
| Marital Status | ||
| Married | 693 | 94.2 |
| Single | 2 | 0.3 |
| Divorced | 35 | 4.8 |
| Widowed | 8 | 0.8 |
| Family size | ||
| ≤5 | 463 | 62.9 |
| >5 | 273 | 37.1 |
| Income | ||
| <1000 Birr | 423 | 57.5 |
| 1000–2000 Birr | 284 | 38.6 |
| >2000 Birr | 29 | 3.9 |