Table 1.

Socio-Demographic and Socio-Economic Status of School-Age Children Aged 6–12 Years in, South Gondar, Ethiopia, 2019

Variables		Frequency	Percentage
Age of the student	6	1	0.3
	7	16	5.3
	8	45	15.0
	9	32	10.7
	10	91	30.3
	11	60	20.0
	12	55	18.3
	Total	300	100
Birth order	1	99	33.0
	2–3	130	43.3
	4–5	47	15.7
	6 and above	24	8.0
	Total	300	100
Educational status of the mother	Cannot read and write	83	27.7
	Can read and write	28	9.3
	Grade 1–4	26	8.7
	Grade 5–8	59	19.7
	Grade 9–12	39	13.0
	Above 12	65	21.7
	Total	300	100
Occupation of mothers	Housewife	139	46.3
	Farmer	4	1.3
	Merchant	53	17.7
	Government employee	71	23.7
	Daily labourers	29	9.7
	Others	4	1.3
	Total	300	100
Age of the mother/caregivers	Below 25	7	2.3
	25–29	39	13.0
	30–34	92	30.7
	35–39	90	30.0
	40–44	33	11.0
	45–49	17	5.7
	50–54	11	3.7
	55 and above	7	2.3
	Total	296	98.7
Educational status of the father	Cannot read and write	34	11.3
	Read and write	39	13.0
	1–4	19	6.3
	5–8	57	19.0
	9–12	42	14.0
	12 and above	87	29.0
	Total	278	92.6
Monthly income in birr	<1,500	68	22.7
	1,500–3,000	126	42.0
	>3,000	105	35.0
	Do not know	1	0.3
	Total	300	100