Table 1.
Socio demographic characteristics of school age children and adolescents and primary caregivers with seizure disorder attending follow up at PNC in TASH between April and July, 2018
| Variables | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Age groups in year | ||
| 7–12 | 133 | 72.7 |
| 13–18 | 50 | 27.3 |
| Mean/±SD =10.47/2.9 | ||
| Sex | ||
| Male | 102 | 55.7 |
| Female | 81 | 44.3 |
| Address | ||
| Addis Ababa | 118 | 64.5 |
| Out of Addis Ababa | 65 | 35.5 |
| Childs level of education | ||
| Nursery | 56 | 30.6 |
| Primary school | 123 | 67.2 |
| Secondary school | 4 | 2.2 |
| Repeated grade | ||
| Never repeated | 99 | 54.1 |
| Repeated | 84 | 45.9 |
| Marital status of primary care giver | ||
| Single | 9 | 4.9 |
| Married | 148 | 80.9 |
| Divorced | 15 | 8.2 |
| Widowed | 11 | 6.0 |
| Educational status of primary care giver n = 181 | ||
| Less than high school | 73 | 40.3 |
| High school | 39 | 21.5 |
| Collage level and above | 69 | 38.1 |
| Family monthly income (n = 140) | ||
| < 1500 birr (50 US $) | 65 | 46.4 |
| > 1500 birr | 75 | 53.6 |