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. 2019 Apr 17;22(11):2110–2119. doi: 10.1017/S136898001900051X

Table 1.

Demographic information of the participating households (n 2117); Agriculture to Nutrition (ATONU) study, rural Ethiopia, November 2016–January 2017

Characteristic Median, Q1–Q3 or %
Women’s age (years), median 35
Q1–Q3 28–40
Household size (n 2116), median 6
Q1–Q3 5–8
Women-headed household (%) 12·4
Women’s education (%)
No schooling (~1 year) 58·0
Primary 1 (2–5 years) 19·4
Primary 2 (6–9 years) 14·0
Higher education (secondary 1, 2, university) 5·7
Other (religious, adult literacy) 2·9
Region (%)
Amhara 24·9
Oromia 30·9
SNNPR 24·9
Tigray 19·3
Agroecological zone (%)
Highland 18·5
Lowland 24·7
Midland 56·8
Access to electricity (%) 23·5
Access to improved sanitation (n 2112; %) 30·5
Access to improved water (n 2100; %) 83·4
Major type of wall (%)
Rudimentary wall 85·4
Type of roof (%)
Finished roof 75·9
Rudimentary roof (palm, grass, leaves) 21·9
Other 2·2
Size of land owned (timads)*, median 3
Q1–Q3 2–6
Farm size (timads)*, median 4
Q1–Q3 2–7

Q1, quartile 1; Q3, quartile 3; SNNPR, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Region.

*

4 timads ≡ 1 ha.