Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of school children aged 6 to 14 years and their parents/guardians, Dessie, Amhara region, Ethiopia, 2019

Characteristics	Category	Frequency	Percent
Sex of children	Male	276	43.5
	Female	358	56.5
Age of children	6–8	76	12.0
	9–11	221	34.9
	12–14	337	53.2
Marital status of mothers/guardians	Married	502	79.2
	Single	35	5.5
	Divorced	73	11.5
	Widowed	24	3.8
Educational status of mother/ guardians	Unable to read &write	151	23.8
	Read-write	174	27.4
	Primary education	222	35.0
	Secondary and above	87	13.7
Family size	< 5	514	81.1
	≥ 5	120	18.9
Family history of goiter	Yes	44	6.9
	No	590	93.1