Assessment of nutritional status and associated factors among adolescent girls in Afar, Northeastern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Demographic and socioeconomic-related characteristics of school’s adolescents girls in Megale district, Afar Regional state, Northeastern Ethiopia, April, 2017 (n = 736)

Variables	Categories	N	%
Age of adolescent (in years)	Early adolescent (10–13)	286	38.8
	Middle adolescent (14–16)	272	37.0
	Late adolescent (17–19)	178	24.2
Adolescent residence	Rural	540	73.4
Adolescent residence	Urban	196	26.6
Adolescent religion	Muslim	714	97.0
Adolescent religion	Orthodox	22	3.0
Adolescent ethnicity	Afar	712	96.7
Adolescent ethnicity	Tigray	24	3.3
Adolescent marital status	Unmarried	628	85.3
Adolescent marital status	Married	108	14.7
Grade level of respondents	4	266	36.1
	5	168	22.8
	6	102	13.9
	7	64	8.7
	8	136	18.5
Head of house hold	Male	702	95.4
Head of house hold	Female	34	4.6
Family size	< 5	96	13.0
	5–10	582	79.1
	> 10	58	7.9
Occupation status of father	Farmer	54	7.4
	Pastoralist/herding livestock	514	69.8
	Government employee	168	22.8
Occupation status of mother	Housewife	672	91.3
	Pastoralist/herding livestock	6	0.8
	Government employee	58	7.9
Education status of father	No formal education	674	91.6
	Primary school (1–8)	16	2.2
	Secondary & preparatory school	34	4.6
	College and above	12	1.6
Education status of mother	No formal education	704	95.7
	Primary School (1–8)	18	2.4
	Secondary & preparatory school	14	1.9
Family monthly income (ETB)	< 500	474	64.4
	500–1000	156	21.2
	> 1000	106	14.4
Source of food	Own production	34	4.6
	Purchased	558	75.8
	Food aid	144	19.6
Farming land ownership	Yes	54	7.3
Farming land ownership	No	682	92.7
Availability of garden near home	Yes	46	6.2
Availability of garden near home	No	690	93.8
Availability of livestock	Yes	714	97.0
Availability of livestock	No	22	3.0
Household ownership of assets^a	Camels	516	72.5
	Oxen	44	6.2
	Cows	58	7.9
	Goats	684	95.8
	Sheep	528	73.9
	Donkeys	480	67.4

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